Peter Handke

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1942-12-06 (81 years old)

Place of Birth Griffen, Austria

Peter Handke

Biography

Peter Handke (born 6 December 1942, in Griffen, Austria) is an avant-garde Austrian novelist, playwright and screenwriter. In 2019, Handke was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience."

Known For

Writer

1998
City of Angels

as Original Film Writer

1993
The Absence

as Novel

1993
The Absence

as Writer

1987
Wings of Desire

as Screenplay

1985
The Malady of Death

as Screenplay

1977
The Left-Handed Woman

as Screenplay

1977
Wrong Move

as Screenplay

1974
Kaspar

as Writer

1969
3 American LPs

as Writer

Director

1993
The Absence

as Director

1985
1977