Of course, art turns many people away for there has to be a… - Elfriede Jelinek

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Of course, art turns many people away for there has to be a limit. The limits between the gifted and the ungifted.

Elfriede Jelinek

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Elfriede Jelinek (German pronunciation: [ɛlˈfʀiːdə ˈjɛlinɛk]; born October 20, 1946) is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004 for her "musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that, with extraordinary linguistic zeal, reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power."

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Native Name: Elfriede Jelineková

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