As is said about most writers: on the one hand all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was a loner, which was furthered by my parents and my upbringing.

Eine Komödie (Service Area or They're All Doing It. Women as Lovers (1994) translation of Die Liebhaberinnen by Martin Chalmers. Jelinek's novel The Piano Teacher was the basis for the 2001 film of the same title by Austrian director Michael Haneke with French actress Isabelle Huppert as the protagonist.

Elfriede Jelinek (German: [ɛlˈfʀiːdə ˈjɛlinɛk]; born 20 October 1946) is an Austrian playwright and novelist. ".