This is a list of Austrian writers, including poets.

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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 (1921–2000), poet and writer

B Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973), poet Hermann Bahr (1863–1934), playwright, novelist Christoph W. Bauer (1968– ), novelist Eduard von Bauernfeld (1802–1890), dramatist Konrad Bayer (1932–1964), writer and poet 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 (1886–1951), 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 (1920–1970), poet (born in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary), wrote in German Ada Christen (1839–1901), poet, short story writer, and writer of sketches

D Robert Dassanowsky (1965–2023), Austrian-American poet Michael Denis (1729–1800), poet Heimito von Doderer (1896–1966), writer, born in Hadersdorf-Weidlingau near Vienna Milo Dor (1923–2005), Austrian writer of Serbian origin Albert Drach (1902–1995), novelist, playwright, memoirist

E Klaus Ebner (born 1964), writer, born in Vienna Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916), writer (style: psychological novelist) Gustav Ernst (born 1944), playwright and novelist

F Lilian Faschinger (born 1950), novelist, poet, and literary translator Franzobel (born 1967) (real name: Stefan Griebl), writer Sigmund Freud (1856–1939), philosopher, psychologist and founder of psychoanalysis Alfred Fried (1864–1921), writer, pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1911 Erich Fried (1921–1988), poet and novelist Egon Friedell (1878–1938), author, journalist and actor Marianne Fritz (1948–2007), 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 Roland Gratzer (born 1983), writer and journalist, Vienna Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872), dramatist, Vienna

H Wolf Haas (born 1960), writer best known for his Brenner novels Friedrich Halm (1806–1871) Robert Hamerling (1830–1889), poet Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti (1871-1955), novelist Peter Handke (born 1942), author, born in Griffen (Carinthia) Josef Haslinger (born 1955), writer Marlen Haushofer (1920–1970), writer Friedrich Heer (1916–1983), historian and writer, Vienna Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg (1851–1918), writer and traveller Fritz Hochwälder (1911–1986), playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929), dramatist, writer Ödön von Horváth (1901–1938), writer, born in Fiume (today Rijeka), Austria-Hungary

J Ernst Jandl (1925–2000), experimental lyric Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946), 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature

K Eugenie Kain (1960–2010), writer, born in Linz, wrote in German Franz Kafka (1883–1924), 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 (1885–1948), writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German) Werner Kofler (1947–2011), novelist Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877), writer, composer, botanist, music historian Karl Kraus (1874–1936), essayist, poet, dramatist Hertha Kräftner (1928–1951), essayist, poet and storyteller, born in Vienna, wrote in German Anton Kuh (1890–1941), writer and journalist

L Minna Lachs (1907–1993), educator and memoirist Ann Tizia Leitich (1896–1976), writer and journalist Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897–1976), 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 (1858–1938), writer and suffragette Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021), contemporary writer Robert Menasse (born 1954), writer and publicist Gustav Meyrink (1868–1932), writer Anna Mitgutsch (born 1948), writer Frederic Morton (1924–2015), journalist and novelist Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen, known as Friedrich Halm (1806–1871), writer and dramatist Robert Musil (1880–1942), writer

N Günther Nenning (1921–2006), journalist Johann Nestroy (1801–1862), playwright Christine Nöstlinger (1936–2018), writer (especially literature for children)

O Andreas Okopenko (1930–2010), writer

P Katharina Prato (1818–1897), cookbook writer Leo Perutz (1882–1957), writer Andreas P. Pittler (born 1964), writer Thomas Pollan (born 1971) Ursula Poznanski (born 1968), writer

R Doron Rabinovici (born 1961), Israeli-Austrian writer, historian and essayist Ferdinand Raimund (1790–1836), writer and dramatist Christoph Ransmayr (born 1954), writer Elisabeth Reichert (born 1953), writer Neidhart von Reuental (c. 1190 – c. 1240), writer and poet 13th century Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), poet and novelist Peter Rosegger (1843–1918), writer Joseph Roth (1894–1939), writer (Radetzkymarsch)

S Ferdinand von Saar (1833–1906), dramatist and writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836–1895), writer and journalist Hamid Sadr (born 1946), author from Iran Felix Salten (1869–1945), Jewish writer (most famous work Bambi) Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931), writer Barbara Schurz (born 1973), writer and painter Werner Schwab (1958–1994), playwright Erich Fritz Schweinburg (1890–1959), writer Robert Seethaler (born 1966), writer and actor Hans Werner Sokop (born 1942), poet and translator Jura Soyfer (1912–1933), cabaret writer and political journalist, lived in Vienna Manès Sperber (1905–1984), Austrian-French writer, philosopher and psychologist Fritz Spiegl (1926–2003), journalist Walter Johannes Stein (1891–1957), historian Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), writer and philosopher Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868), poet and artist Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914), Nobel Peace Prize winner

T Franziska Tausig (1895–1989), Holocaust survivor and memoirist Friedrich Torberg (1908–1979), narrative writer, essayist, script author, born in Vienna Georg Trakl (1887–1914), poet

V Hannelore Valencak (1929–2004), novelist, poet, children's writer

W Franz Werfel (1890–1945), writer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (wrote in German) Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), philosopher Alma Wittlin (1899–1992), historian Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376–1445), writer and composer

Z Joseph Christian, Baron von Zedlitz (1790–1862), dramatist and poet Birgit Zotz (born 1979), writer and anthropologist Volker Zotz, writer and philosopher Stefan Zweig (1881–1942), writer, born in Vienna

References

See also List of Austrian women writers List of Austrians Lists of authors