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Peter Handke
born 1942
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryPeter Handke is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter. He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience." Handke is considered to be one of the most influential and original German-language writers in the second half of the 20th century.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
December 6, 1942
Griffen
Citizenship
Austria
Occupations & fields
writerfilm directorscreenwritertranslatorplaywrightprose writer
Awards & honours
Franz Kafka PrizeGrand Austrian State Prize for LiteratureGeorg Büchner PrizeSchiller Memorial PrizeInternational Ibsen AwardVilenica Prize
Notable works
Offending the AudienceThe Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty KickA Sorrow Beyond DreamsThe Left-Handed WomanShort Letter, Long FarewellThe Moravian Night
- Field and occupation
- rakúsky spisovateľ a prekladateľ
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