Thomas Bernhard

Life

Bernhard was born in Heerlen, Netherlands as an illegitimate child to Herta Fabjan (1904-1950) and the carpenter Alois Zuckerstätter (1905-1940). He spent a considerable time of his early childhood at his maternal parents' in Vienna and Seekirchen, Salzburg (state). Later, after his mother's marriage (1936), Bernhard lived in Traunstein, Bavaria. His grandfather, the author Johannes Freumbichler, pushed for an artistic education and made sure

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Heerlen - Netherlands - Illegitimate child - Vienna - Seekirchen - Salzburg (state) - Marriage - 1936 - Traunstein - Bavaria - Johannes Freumbichler

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he had musical instruction. Bernhard went to elementary school in Seekirchen and later to the National Socialist (1942-1945) - Catholic (post-1945) boarding school Johanneum, which he quit in 1947, to start an apprenticeship with a merchant. Due to an incurable lung disease he spent the years 1949 to 1951 at the sanatorium Grafenhof. He trained as an actor at the Mozarteum in Salzburg (1955-1957). After that he started working as a freelance author. He died in his house in Ohlsdorf near Gmunden, Upper Austria, where he had moved in 1965. In his last will he prohibited any new stagings of his plays and publication of his unpublished work in Austria. His death was only announced after his funeral.

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National Socialist - 1942 - 1945 - Catholic - 1947 - Apprenticeship - Merchant - Sanatorium - Mozarteum - Salzburg - 1955 - 1957 - Upper Austria - Publication

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