Elfriede Jelinek Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts
Updated at December 15, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Elfriede Jelinek Facts
| Full Name | Elfriede Jelinek |
|---|---|
| Birthdate | October 20, 1946 |
| Birth Place | Austria |
| Age (in 2024) | 78 Years Old |
| Zodiac | Libra |
| Occupation | Playwright |
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Elfriede Jelinek Age & Birthday
Elfriede Jelinek is best known as Playwright who has born on October 20, 1946 in Austria. Currently, Elfriede Jelinek is 78 years, 1 months and 26 days old. Elfriede Jelinek will celebrate 79th birthday on Monday, 20th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Elfriede Jelinek upcoming birthday.
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About
A playwright and fiction writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004, she is best known for her novel, The Piano Teacher (originally published in German as Die Klavierspielerin). Her other works include Lust and Die Kinder der Toten.
Before Fame
She published her first work, a collection of poems, in 1967.
Trivia
Her novel, The Piano Teacher, inspired a 2001 film starring Isabelle Huppert.
Family Life
She was raised in Vienna, Austria by a Catholic mother and a Jewish father. She married Gottfried Hungsberg in June of 1973.
Associated With
She won the Nobel Prize in Literature a year before playwright Harold Pinter received the same honor.
Top Asked Questions about Elfriede Jelinek
How old is Elfriede Jelinek in 2024?
Elfriede Jelinek is 78 years old today.
When was Elfriede Jelinek born?
Elfriede Jelinek was born on October 20, 1946 in Austria.
What is Elfriede Jelinek zodiac sign?
Elfriede Jelinek zodiac sign is Libra.
What was Elfriede Jelinek best known for?
Elfriede Jelinek was best known as Playwright.
Fun Facts about Elfriede Jelinek's Birthday
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Elfriede Jelinek's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
- Elfriede Jelinek was born on Sunday, 293rd day / 42nd week of 1946
- Elfriede Jelinek has Libra zodiac sign and Air element based on western astrology
- Roman numeral of Elfriede Jelinek birthday is XX.X.MCMXLVI
- Elfriede Jelinek's birthstone is Opal
- Elfriede Jelinek's birth flower is Calendula that symbolize winning grace, protection, comfort, healing & lovable
- Elfriede Jelinek age in year is 78 years old
- Elfriede Jelinek age in month is 937 months old
- Elfriede Jelinek age in day is 28546 days old
- Elfriede Jelinek age in hour is 685104 hours old
- Elfriede Jelinek age in minute is 41106240 minutes old
- Elfriede Jelinek age in second is 2466374400 seconds old
- Next Elfriede Jelinek birthday is on Monday, October 20th 2025
- Elfriede Jelinek age in next birthday (2025) is 79 years old
- Learn more interesting facts about October 20, 1946 birthday
Historical Events on Elfriede Jelinek Birthday (October 20)
Below are historical events that coincided with Elfriede Jelinek's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1961 | The Soviet Navy performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine. |
| 1962 | China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War. |
| 1973 | Watergate scandal: "Saturday Night Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Solicitor General Robert Bork. |
| 1973 | The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction. |
| 1976 | The Luling-Destrehan Ferry MV George Prince is struck by the Norwegian freighter SS Frosta while crossing the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive. |
| 1977 | A plane carrying the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in woodland in Mississippi, United States. Six people, including three band members, are killed. |
| 1981 | Two police officers and a Brink's armored car guard are killed during an armed robbery carried out by members of the Black Liberation Army and Weather Underground in Nanuet, New York. |
| 1982 | During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster. |
| 1986 | Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashes while landing at Kuibyshev Airport (now Kuromoch International Airport) in Kuibyshev (now present-day Samara, Russia), killing 70 people. |
| 1991 | A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people. |
| 1991 | A massive firestorm breaks out in the hills of Oakland and Berkeley, California killing 25 people and destroying more than 3,000 homes, apartments and condominiums. |
| 2003 | The Sloan Great Wall, once the largest cosmic structure known to humanity, is discovered by students at Princeton University. |
| 2011 | Libyan Crisis: Rebel forces capture Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mutassim in his hometown of Sirte and kill him shortly thereafter, ending the first Libyan civil war. |
| 2017 | Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declare victory in the Raqqa campaign. |
| 2022 | Liz Truss steps down as British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party amid the country's political crisis, serving for 45 days before resigning, serving for the least time of any British Prime Minister . |
| 1985 | The birth of Dominic McGuire, American basketball player |
| 1985 | The birth of Alphonso Smith, American football player |
| 1985 | The birth of James Sutton, English race car driver |
| 1986 | The birth of Wanlop Saechio, Thai footballer |
| 1986 | The birth of Elyse Taylor, Australian model |
| 1987 | The birth of Raphael Hackl, German rugby player |
| 1988 | The birth of Candice Swanepoel, South African supermodel and philanthropist |
| 1989 | The birth of Jess Glynne, English singer-songwriter |
| 1990 | The birth of Sam Mataora, Cook Islands rugby league player |
| 1992 | The birth of Ksenia Semyonova, Russian gymnast |
| 1992 | The birth of Ferhat Yazgan, Turkish footballer |
| 1996 | The birth of Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Indonesian badminton player |
| 1997 | The birth of Andrey Rublev, Russian tennis player |
| 1998 | The birth of Jordan Ridley, Australian rules footballer |
| 1999 | The birth of Chuu, South Korean singer and television personality |
| 2013 | The death of Sid Yudain, American journalist, founded Roll Call (b. 1923) |
| 2014 | The death of René Burri, Swiss photographer and journalist (b. 1933) |
| 2014 | The death of Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American fashion designer (b. 1932) |
| 2014 | The death of Christophe de Margerie, French businessman (b. 1951) |
| 2015 | The death of Makis Dendrinos, Greek basketball player and coach (b. 1950) |
| 2015 | The death of Arno Gruen, German-Swiss psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1923) |
| 2015 | The death of Kazimierz Łaski, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1921) |
| 2015 | The death of Michael Meacher, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (b. 1939) |
| 2015 | The death of Ian Steel, Scottish cyclist and manager (b. 1928) |
| 2016 | The death of Robert E. Kramek, former United States Coast Guard admiral (b. 1939) |
| 2016 | The death of Michael Massee, American actor (b. 1952) |
| 2016 | The death of Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer (b. 1939) |
| 2018 | The death of Wim Kok, Dutch prime minister (b. 1938) |
| 2020 | The death of James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician and author (b. 1928) |
| 2022 | The death of Lucy Simon, American composer and songwriter (b. 1940) |
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