The Most Famous

Writers from Austria

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This page contains a list of the greatest Austrians Writers. The pantheon dataset contains 7,302 Writers, 83 of which were born in Austria. This makes Austria the birth place of the 18th most number of Writers behind Czechia and Norway.

Top 10 Austrian Writers

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Austrians Writers of all time. This list of famous Austrians Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Austrians Writers.

  1. #1
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    Stefan Zweig

    1881 - 1942

    HPI 83.3583 langs
    Stefan Zweig was a prolific Austrian writer and journalist. He is most famous for his novel "Beware of Pity" and his autobiography "The...Read moreShow less

    Stefan Zweig was a prolific Austrian writer and journalist. He is most famous for his novel "Beware of Pity" and his autobiography "The World of Yesterday."

  2. #2
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    Shmuel Yosef Agnon

    1888 - 1970

    HPI 76.4484 langs
    Shmuel Yosef Agnon was a Hebrew writer who is most famous for his novel "The Bridal Canopy" which won the Nobel Prize for Literature in...Read moreShow less

    Shmuel Yosef Agnon was a Hebrew writer who is most famous for his novel "The Bridal Canopy" which won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966.

  3. #3
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    Elfriede Jelinek

    b. 1946

    HPI 76.31104 langs
    Elfriede Jelinek is most famous for her novel "The Piano Teacher" which is about a woman who is a piano teacher and who has a sexual...Read moreShow less

    Elfriede Jelinek is most famous for her novel "The Piano Teacher" which is about a woman who is a piano teacher and who has a sexual obsession with her students.

  4. #4
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    Peter Handke

    b. 1942

    HPI 76.2979 langs

    Peter Handke is most famous for his novel "The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick."

  5. #5
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    Robert Musil

    1880 - 1942

    HPI 75.6560 langs

    Robert Musil is most famous for his novel "The Man Without Qualities."

  6. #6
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    Peter Drucker

    1909 - 2005

    HPI 74.8248 langs

    Peter Drucker is most famous for his work in the field of management. He is best known for his book, "The Practice of Management."

  7. #7
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    Arthur Schnitzler

    1862 - 1931

    HPI 74.5955 langs

    Arthur Schnitzler is most famous for his play "Reigen," which is about a series of ten encounters between ten different men and women.

  8. #8
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    Paula Hitler

    1896 - 1960

    HPI 73.7136 langs
    Paula Hitler was the daughter of Adolf Hitler and the sister of Adolf Hitler Jr. She was born in 1920, and died in 2011. Paula Hitler was...Read moreShow less

    Paula Hitler was the daughter of Adolf Hitler and the sister of Adolf Hitler Jr. She was born in 1920, and died in 2011. Paula Hitler was most famous for being the last living member of the Hitler family.

  9. #9
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    Georg Trakl

    1887 - 1914

    HPI 72.4049 langs

    Georg Trakl is most famous for his poetry, which was written in the early 1900s. He is also remembered for his suicide in 1914.

  10. #10
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    Hugo von Hofmannsthal

    1874 - 1929

    HPI 72.2348 langs

    Hugo von Hofmannsthal is most famous for his poem "The Lord's Prayer" and the libretto for Richard Strauss's opera "Der Rosenkavalier."

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Austrians Writers grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

Overlapping Lives

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