(1926–1973) is widely regarded as one of the greatest
German-language writers of the twentieth century. Her poems, plays, stories, and only finished novel, Malina, have been championed by Paul Celan, Hannah Arendt, Günter
Grass, Peter Handke, Thomas Bernhard, Christa Wolf, and Elfriede Jelinek.

Philip Boehm is an American playwright, theater director, and the translator of numerous books, including Ingeborg Bachmann's Malina (forthcoming from New Directions).

Rachel Kushner is the bestselling author of The Flamethrowers, Telex from
Cuba, and The Mars Room.