Internet Hoax - False information - Elfriede Jelinek not dead
A circulating post on the Internet about the alleged death of Elfriede Jelinek, the Nobel Prize-winning author from Austria, caused quite a stir. The information turned out to be false. Pia Janke, the director of the Elfriede Jelinek Research Center in Vienna, contacted the public after learning about the posting. "I spoke with her. She's alive," Janke told the German Press Agency.
Under the name of the Berlin author Jenny Erpenbeck, a message was spread on the platform X: "A call from Vienna informs me that Elfriede Jelinek has died. A symbol of European culture. I am very sad."
Erpenbeck stated on dpa inquiry that it was a fake account, she had not written the post. She also had no X account and was annoyed that it was so easy to spread false information under a foreign name. She wanted to file a complaint with the police, the author stated, who this year received the renowned International Booker Prize for her novel "Kairos".
The 77-year-old Jelinek received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004 for her work, which now comprises approximately 40 theater pieces and a dozen novels. Her latest autobiographical work, "Angabe der Person", was premiered as a play at the Deutsches Theater Berlin.
- Despite the rumors circulating on the internet about her death, renowned Austrian author Elfriede Jelinek, the Nobel Prize laureate for Literature, is alive and well, according to Pia Janke from the Elfriede Jelinek Research Center in Vienna.
- In response to the false news about Elfriede Jelinek's demise, German author Jenny Erpenbeck, who resides in Vienna, revealed that the deceitful post was not written by her and she does not even have an X account.
- The media in Germany and across Europe reported the misinformation surrounding Jelinek's supposed death, which sparked a wave of concern and condolences from fans and literary circles.
- Erpenbeck, who won the International Booker Prize this year for her novel "Kairos," expressed her frustration about the ease of spreading false information under another person's name, and she mentioned her intentions to file a complaint with the Austrian police.
- Born and raised in Austria, Jelinek has made significant contributions to literature, having penned around 40 theater pieces and a dozen novels, including her latest autobiographical work, "Angabe der Person," which was premiered at the Deutsches Theater Berlin.
