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“My plays are made up of long monologues, which is similar to prose working with the language”

Quote by Elfriede Jelinek

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Elfriede Jelinek

Elfriede Jelinek is a renowned playwright, born on October 20, 1946. Her works are known for their profound social criticism and exploration of female experiences. Jelinek has received international recognition for her work, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016. more

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“I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead”

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“Eroding solidarity paradoxically makes a society more susceptible to the construction of substitute collectives and fascisms of all kinds.”

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“I am writing with my burnt hand about the nature of fire.”

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“I myself am a person who has never resigned myself, who is absolutely never resigned, who can’t imagine it at all. I simply observe, and I observe in so many people, and often very quickly, a resignation that terrifies me, that’s it.”

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“A man who wants the truth becomes a scientist; a man who wants to give free play to his subjectivity may become a writer; but what should a man do who wants something in between?”

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Book:The Man Without Qualities: Picador Classic

Source: The Man Without Qualities: Picador Classic

“It is life that does the thinking all around us, forming with playful ease the connections our reason can only laboriously patch together piecemeal, and never to such kaleidoscopic effect.”

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