Marlen Haushofer

Marlen Haushofer née Marie Helene Frauendorfer (11 April 1920 – 21 March 1970) was an Austrian author, most famous for her novel The Wall. 2Biography Haushofer was born in Frauenstein in Upper Austria. She attended Catholic boarding school in Linz, and went on to study German literature in Vienna, as well as Graz. After her years in school, she settled in Steyr. In 1941, she married Manfred Haushofer, a dentist, and had two sons, Christian and Manfred. In 1950, they divorced, only to remarry in 1958. 2Work Earning literary awards as early as 1953, Haushofer went on to publish her first novel, A Handful of Life in 1955. In 1956, she won the Theodor-Körner Prize for early contributions and projects involving art and culture. In 1958, her novella We Murder Stella was published. The Wall, considered her finest achievement, was completed in 196