Abstract
The paper is a review of three books on the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989), Georg Büchner Prize and Medici Prize winner, one of the most provocative 20th century “classic” writers. The year 2021 is marked with his 90th birthday. Three German biographies of Bernhard, different in genre, evaluative approach, and media form, are of special interest. They are the encyclopedic guide “Thomas Bernhard: Life, work, and influence” (2018), the memoirs of his half-brother (physician) and a heir P. Fabian “A life at Thomas Bernhard’s side. A report” (2021), and the graphic novel biography of the Austrian designer N. Mahler, “Thomas Bernhard: The incorrect biography” (2021). These books, from the guide that systemizes the results of many years of research on the writer, to the comics that offers a travesty biography of a “saint” of a literary world, confirm the canonization of the German literature enfant terrible and demonstrate the inclusion of Bernhard’s poetics in the world literary process, including the sphere of mass literature.
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