On March 12, 2026, a lecture was held in the Foreign Literature Reading Hall to mark the 80th anniversary of the birth of the Austrian writer, playwright, and essayist Elfriede Jelinek.
Elfriede Jelinek was born on October 20, 1946, in Murnau, Austria. She is considered one of the most prominent figures in contemporary literature and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004.
Jelinek’s work primarily focuses on social and gender issues, particularly offering a critical perspective on the position of women in society and traditional patriarchal structures.
The lecture was delivered by Professor I. Kapiten, a Germanist from the Zurich University of Education. Professor B. Zh. Shpikbayeva, the academic director of the Austrian Library, provided translation for students into Kazakh and Russian.
