Peter Fabjan, born in Traunstein, Germany, in 1938, studied medicine in Vienna and worked as an internist until 2001. After the death of Thomas Bernhard, he assumed responsibility of his brother’s estate. He founded the Thomas Bernhard Archive, the Thomas-Bernhard-Privatstiftung and the International Thomas Bernhard Society (ITBG) of which he is the honorary president. Peter Fabjan lives in Gmunden, Austria.
Peter Fabjan, born in Traunstein, Germany, in 1938, studied medicine in Vienna and worked as an internist until 2001. After the death of Thomas Bernhard, he assumed responsibility of his brother’s estate. He founded the Thomas Bernhard Archive, the Thomas-Bernhard-Privatstiftung and the International Thomas Bernhard Society (ITBG) of which he is the honorary president. Peter Fabjan lives in Gmunden, Austria.
»You’ll just have to do it in my stead,« Thomas Bernhard instructs his half-brother Peter Fabjan when he senses that he doesn’t have long to live. And the brother, seven years his junior, obeys and accepts responsibility, this time for a difficult legacy – just as he has always done, ever since he was young, when his older brother needed him. To him, he was »the kind brother,« whereas Fabjan...