Creator Bio
Robert Menasse
b. 1954
Robert Menasse is an Austrian novelist, literary critic, essayist, and translator. A major literary figure in the German-language world, his work often concerns the theme of alienation. From 1981 to 1986 he was a lecturer at the University of São Paulo. His first poem was published in 1989 in the journal Literatur und Kritik, and since 1993 he has been a member of the Austrian PEN Club.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Happy Times, Brittle World
Leo was planning to ask his father for money to get his car fixed, perhaps as a birthday present, even though he was sure his parents already had a present for him. Since the family’s return to Vienna…