New Book on Thomas Bernhard by Pierre Chabert and Barbara Hutt
A comprehensive volume on Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard, edited by Pierre Chabert and Barbara Hutt, has been published. The nearly 500-page book brings together contributions from diverse authors including theater professionals, translators, poets, novelists, academics, musicians, and philosophers. The iconography forms a text in itself. Chabert, a theater director and actor, and Hutt, a dramaturge, emphasize the centrality of body and voice in Bernhard's work, both for his plays and his novels. The volume traces Bernhard's literary and intellectual journey from his retreat in Ohlsdorf, where he unsettled Austrian institutions and official history.
Key facts
- Volume edited by Pierre Chabert and Barbara Hutt
- Nearly 500 pages
- Contributors include theater professionals, translators, poets, novelists, academics, musicians, philosophers
- Iconography constitutes a text in itself
- Bernhard wrote for the stage and his novels emphasize voice, breath, rhythm, and body
- Bernhard lived in Ohlsdorf
- Bernhard unsettled Austrian institutions and official history
Entities
Artists
- Thomas Bernhard
- Pierre Chabert
- Barbara Hutt
- Jacques Henric
- Céline
Locations
- Ohlsdorf
- Austria
Sources
- artpress —