Elfriede Jelinek, 77, is one of the most read and studied German-language writers in France. Her work began in 1967 with a first collection of poetry.
She is a pioneer in denouncing systemic sexual violence against women. In 2004, she joined the very closed circle of women distinguished by the Nobel Prize for Literature. Her book Les Amantes is included in the list of the 100 best novels in the world. Her novel The Pianist was adapted in 2001 by Michael Haneke for the cinema, starring Isabelle Huppert and Benoït Magimel, Annie Girardot, Eva Green. The woman of letters, who very rarely appears in public and usually declines honors, “thanked” France and spoke of her relationship with the French language, “coming from childhood” ‘ and which she masters very well. She was a member of the Communist Party until 1991, and recently compared Hamas to the Nazis.