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thomas bernhard in 1987 . postmodern 12 february 1989 gmunden , upper austria , austria william claire messud , orhan pamuk , w.g. sebald ben lerner gaddis , elfriede jelinek , javier marías , heerlen , netherlands austrian '' michel de montaigne , friedrich nietzsche , marcel proust , correction arthur schopenhauer , robert schumann , gertrude stein , ludwig '' wittgenstein knut hamsun , franz kafka , 9 february 1931 1957 -- 1989 thomas bernhard -lrb- signature -rrb- . jpg thomas bernhard.jpg thomas bernhard
 thomas bernhard novelist and playwright
thomas bernhard

thomas bernhard -lrb- ; born nicolaas thomas bernhard ; february 9 , 1931 -- february 12 , 1989 -rrb- was an austrian novelist , playwright and poet .
bernhard , whose body of work has been called `` the most significant literary achievement since world war ii , '' is widely considered to be one of the most important german-speaking authors of the postwar era .
