List of Austrian writers
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A
- Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016), writer
- Peter Altenberg (1859–1910), writer and poet
- Jean Améry (1912–1978), writer
- Ernst Angel (1894–1986), writer, poet and psychologist
- Ludwig Anzengruber (1839–1889), writer
- H. C. Artmann (died 2000), poet and writer
B
- Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973), poet
- Hermann Bahr (1863–1934), playwright, novelist
- Christoph W. Bauer (1968– ), novelist
- Eduard von Bauernfeld, dramatist
- Johann Beer (17th century), writer and composer
- Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989), dramatist, novelist, poet, born in Cloister Heerlen, Netherlands
- Edmund Blum (1874–1938)
- Hermann Broch, writer
- Max Brod (1884–1968), born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, wrote in German
C
- Elias Canetti (1905–1994), writer (born in Rustschuk, Bulgaria), wrote in German, Nobel Prize in Literature 1981
- Veza Canetti (1897–1963) poet, playwright, and short story writer
- Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978), literary critic and foremost historian of Literature
- Paul Celan, poet (born in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary), wrote in German
- Ada Christen (1839–1901), poet, short story writer, and writer of sketches
D
- Robert Dassanowsky, Austrian-American poet
- Michael Denis, poet
- Heimito von Doderer (1896–1966), writer, born in Hadersdorf-Weidlingau near Vienna
- Milo Dor, Austrian writer of Serbian origin
E
- Klaus Ebner (born 1964), writer, born in Vienna
- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, writer (style: psychological novelist)
- Gustav Ernst, playwright and novelist
F
- Lilian Faschinger, novelist, poet, and literary translator
- Franzobel (real name: Stefan Griebl), writer
- Sigmund Freud, philosopher, psychologist and founder of psychoanalysis
- Alfred Fried, writer, pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1911
- Erich Fried, poet and novelist
- Egon Friedell, author, journalist and actor
- Marianne Fritz, writer and novelist
G
- Karl-Markus Gauß (born 1954), essayist, Salzburg
- Karin Gayer (born 1969), writer, Mödling and Vienna
- Thomas Glavinic (born 1972), writer, Graz
- Heinrich Glücksmann (1864–1947), writer
- Constantin Göttfert (born 1979), writer
- Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872), dramatist, Vienna
H
- Wolf Haas, writer best known for his Brenner novels
- Friedrich Halm (1806–1871)
- Robert Hamerling (1830–1889), poet
- Peter Handke (born 1942), author, born in Griffen (Carinthia)
- Josef Haslinger, writer
- Friedrich Heer (1916–1983), historian and writer, Vienna
- Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg (1851–1918), writer and traveller
- Fritz Hochwälder, playwright
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal, dramatist, writer
- Ödön von Horváth (1901–1938), writer, born in Fiume (today Rijeka), Austria-Hungary
J
- Ernst Jandl, experimental lyric
- Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946), 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature
K
- Eugenie Kain, writer, born in Linz, wrote in German[1]
- Franz Kafka, writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
- Ernst Kein (1928-1985), writer, born in Vienna, wrote in German
- Marie-Thérèse Kerschbaumer (born 1936), novelist, poet
- Egon Erwin Kisch, writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
- Werner Kofler (1947–2011), novelist
- Ludwig von Köchel, writer, composer, botanist, music historian
- Karl Kraus (1874–1936), essayist, poet, dramatist
- Anton Kuh, writer and journalist
L
- Minna Lachs (1907–1993), educator and memoirist
- Ann Tizia Leitich (1896–1976), writer and journalist
- Alexander Lernet-Holenia, novelist, poet, playwright
- Nikolaus Lenau (1802–1850), poet
- Cvetka Lipuš (born 1966), poet
- Mira Lobe (1913–1995), children's literature writer
- Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989)
M
- Rosa Mayreder, writer and suffragette
- Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021), contemporary writer
- Robert Menasse, writer and publicist
- Gustav Meyrink (1868–1932), writer
- Frederic Morton (born 1924), journalist and novelist
- Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen, known as Friedrich Halm (1806–1871), writer and dramatist
- Robert Musil, writer
N
- Günther Nenning, journalist
- Johann Nestroy, playwright
- Christine Nöstlinger, writer (especially literature for children)
O
- Andreas Okopenko, writer
P
- Katharina Prato (1818–1897), cookbook writer
- Leo Perutz, writer
- Andreas P. Pittler (born 1964), writer
- Thomas Pollan (born 1971)
- Ursula Poznanski (born 1968), writer
R
- Doron Rabinovici, Israeli-Austrian writer, historian and essayist
- Ferdinand Raimund, writer and dramatist
- Christoph Ransmayr (born 1954), writer
- Elisabeth Reichert
- Neidhart von Reuental, writer and poet 13th century
- Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and novelist
- Peter Rosegger (1843–1918), writer
- Joseph Roth, writer (Radetzkymarsch)
S
- Ferdinand von Saar (19th century), dramatist and writer
- Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, writer and journalist
- Hamid Sadr, author from Iran
- Felix Salten (1869–1945), Jewish writer (most famous work Bambi)
- Arthur Schnitzler, writer
- Barbara Schurz, writer and painter
- Werner Schwab, playwright
- Erich Fritz Schweinburg, writer
- Robert Seethaler, writer and actor
- Hans Werner Sokop, poet and translator
- Jura Soyfer, cabaret writer and political journalist, lived in Vienna
- Manès Sperber, Austrian-French writer, philosopher and psychologist
- Fritz Spiegl, journalist
- Walter Johannes Stein, historian
- Rudolf Steiner, writer and philosopher
- Adalbert Stifter (died 1868), poet and artist
- Bertha von Suttner, Nobel Peace Prize winner
T
- Franziska Tausig, Holocaust survivor and memoirist
- Friedrich Torberg (1908–1979), narrative writer, essayist, script author, born in Vienna
- Georg Trakl, poet
V
- Hannelore Valencak (1929–2004), novelist, poet, children's writer
W
- Franz Werfel, writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German)
- Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher
- Alma Wittlin (1899–1992), historian[2]
- Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376–1445), writer and composer
Z
- Joseph Christian, Baron von Zedlitz, dramatist and poet
- Birgit Zotz (born 1979), writer and anthropologist
- Volker Zotz, writer and philosopher
- Stefan Zweig (1881–1942), writer, born in Vienna
