Ingeborg Bachmann

Born

1926-06-25

Died

1973-10-17

Birthplace

Klagenfurt, Austria

Biography

Ingeborg Bachmann (25 June 1926 – 17 October 1973) was an Austrian poet and author. She is regarded as one of the major voices of German-language literature in the 20th century. In 1963, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature by German philologist Harald Patzer.