Alman dilinde 20. yüzyılın ikinci yarısının en kışkırtıcı, en hadiseli edebiyatçılardan biri kuşkusuz Thomas Bernhard olmuştur. Çoğu okur, yorumcu ve eleştirmenin Berhard’ın hikâyeleri, romanları ve tiyatro oyunları yanında neredeyse geri plana ittiği şiirleri; onun o çok özel dünyasına aittir. Tıpkı hikâye, roman ve oyunlarındaki kendini kolay kolay ele vermeyen özel dünyanın bir benzeri olarak; şiirlerinin kapalı yapısı aslında “tüm eserlerinin” nüvesini barındırıyor. Yalnızlık, melankoli ve terk edilmişlik duygusunun egemen olduğu şiirlerinde Bernhard demirin keskin soğukluğunu her kelimesinde hissettiriyor.
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Thomas Bernhard was an Austrian writer who ranks among the most distinguished German-speaking writers of the second half of the 20th century. Although internationally he's most acclaimed because of his novels, he was also a prolific playwright. His characters are often at work on a lifetime and never-ending major project while they deal with themes such as suicide, madness and obsession, and, as Bernhard did, a love-hate relationship with Austria. His prose is tumultuous but sober at the same time, philosophic by turns, with a musical cadence and plenty of black humor. He started publishing in the year 1963 with the novel Frost. His last published work, appearing in the year 1986, was Extinction. Some of his best-known works include The Loser (about a student's fictionalized relationship with the pianist Glenn Gould), Wittgenstein's Nephew, and Woodcutters.
