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Peter Handke (German pronunciation: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈhantkə]; born 6 December 1942) is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter.
Peter Handke (born December 6, 1942, Griffen, Austria) is an avant-garde Austrian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist, one of the most original German-language writers in the second half of the 20th century.
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Learn about the life and work of Peter Handke, the Austrian writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2019 for his linguistic ingenuity and exploration of human experience. Find out his biography, bibliography, prize motivation and more on this official website.
Biobibliography. Peter Handke was born 1942 in a village named Griffen, located in the Kärnten region in southern Austria. This was also the birthplace of his mother Maria, who belonged to the Slovenian minority. His father was a German soldier he would not meet before reaching adulthood himself.
Dec 7, 2019 · The Nobel Prize in Literature 2019 was awarded to Peter Handke "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience"
Peter Handke is an Avant-garde Austrian novelist and playwright. His body of work has been awarded numerous literary prizes, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2019. He has also collaborated with German director Wim Wenders, writing the script for The Wrong Move and co-writing the screenplay for Wings of Desire.
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Dec 9, 2019 · Interview with the 2019 Nobel Laureate in Literature Peter Handke, 9 December 2019. 00:00 - How does your writing process begin? ...more.
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