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Aichinger was born in in Vienna, along with her twin sister, Helga, to a Jewish doctor (her mother) and a Christian teacher.
Ilse Aichinger is a Jewish Austrian writer, lyricist and author of radio plays..
Aichinger, Ilse (1921—)
Austrian short-story and fiction writer. Born in Vienna, Austria, in 1921; studied medicine for two years; married Günter Eich (a poet), in 1953 (died); lives in Bayrisch Gmain, Upper Bavaria.
Selected works:
The Greater Hope (1948); Speech Beneath the Gallows (1952); Der Gefesselte (The Bound Man, 1953); Knöpfe (Buttons, 1953); Zu keiner Stunde (At No Hour, 1957); Besuch im Pfarrhaus (Visit at the Parsonage, 1961); Wo ich wohne (Where I Live, 1963); Eliza, Eliza (1965); My Language and I (1968); Auckland (1969); Nachricht vom Tag (News of the Day, 1970); Dialoge, Erzählungen, Gedichte (Dialogues, Stories, Poems, 1970); Advice Freely Given (1978).
Ilse Aichinger was born in Vienna to a Jewish mother and an "Aryan" father who divorced by the time Aichinger was five.
Her life changed radically in March 1938 with the Anschluss, the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany. Despite her parents' divorce, Aichinger's father sheltered