Peter Handke
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Peter Handke is an avant-garde
Austrian novelist and playwright.
whose suicide in 1971 is the subject of Handke's A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, a reflection on her life) lived in the Soviet-occupied Pankow
district of Berlin
from 1944 to 1948 before resettling in Griffen. According to some of his biographers, his stepfather Bruno's alcoholism and the limited cultural scope in the small town have contributed to Handke's revolt against habitualness and restrictions.
In 1954 Handke was sent to the Catholic Marianum boys' boarding school
at Tanzenberg Castle in Sankt Veit an der Glan
, Carinthia
. Here, he published his first texts in the school paper, the Fackel. In 1959, he moved to Klagenfurt
, where he went to high school. In 1961, he commenced law studies at the University of Graz
.
Authors' Assembly), an association of young writers. The group published the literary digest manuskripte. Both Elfriede Jelinek
and Barbara Frischmuth
were among its members.
Handke abandoned his studies in 1965, when the German Suhrkamp Verlag
accepted his novel Die Hornissen (The Hornets) for publication. He gained attention after an appearance at a meeting of avant-garde
artists belonging to the Gruppe 47 in Princeton
, New Jersey
, U.S., where he presented his play Publikumsbeschimpfung (Offending the Audience
). Handke became one of the co-founders of the publishing house Verlag der Autoren in 1969 and participated as a member of the group Grazer Autorenversammlung
from 1973 to 1977.
Handke has written many scripts for films. He directed Die linkshändige Frau (The Left–Handed Woman), which was released in 1978. Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide
's description of the film is that a woman demands that her husband leave and he complies. "Time passes…and the audience falls asleep". This film was nominated for the Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival
in 1978 and won the Gold Award for German Art House Cinemas in 1980. Handke has also won the 1975 German Film Award in Gold for his screenplay Falsche Bewegung.
After leaving Graz
, Handke lived in Düsseldorf
, Berlin, Kronberg
(all in Germany), in Paris, France, in the U.S. (1978 to 1979) and in Salzburg
, Austria (1979 to 1988). Since 1991, he has lived in Chaville
near Paris.
In 1996 his travelogue
Eine winterliche Reise zu den Flüssen Donau, Save, Morawa und Drina oder Gerechtigkeit für Serbien (A Journey to the Rivers: Justice for Serbia) created considerable controversy, as Handke portrayed Serbia
among the victims of the Balkan War
. In the same essay
, Handke also frontally attacked Western media
for misrepresenting the causes and consequences of the war. This controversy still rages. Former Yugoslavia
n president
Slobodan Milošević
asked that Handke be summoned as witness for the defence before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
, but the writer declined. He did, however, visit the tribunal as a spectator, and later published his observations in Die Tablas von Daimiel (The Tablas of Daimiel).
On 18 March 2006, in front of more than 20,000 mourners at the funeral of Slobodan Milošević
, Handke gave a speech in Serbian
which sparked much controversy in the West
. Handke later denied expressing "his happiness at being close to Milošević who defended his people". In fact, in a letter to the French Nouvel Observateur
, he offered a translation of his speech: "The world, the so-called world, knows everything about Yugoslavia
, Serbia
. The world, the so-called world, knows everything about Slobodan Milošević. The so-called world knows the truth. This is why the so-called world is absent today, and not only today, and not only here. I don't know the truth. But I look. I listen. I feel. I remember. This is why I am here today, close to Yugoslavia
, close to Serbia
, close to Slobodan Milošević".
Handke's positions regarding the war in Yugoslavia were challenged by the Slovenia
n writer and essayist Drago Jančar
and the two have engaged in a long polemic.
In 2006 Handke was nominated for the Heinrich Heine Prize
, but the prize money of €
50,000 is subject to approval by the city council
of Düsseldorf
. Members of the council's major parties stated they would vote against awarding the prize to Handke, resulting in the prize being withdrawn.
Since 1975
Peter Handke is a jury member of the European literary award Petrarca-Preis
.
He has two daughters: Amina, from his relationship with Libgart Schwarz, and another daughter with Sophie Semin. Handke has been living with the German actress Katja Flint
since 2001.
on a film
version of his novel Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter (The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick), wrote the script for Wenders' The Wrong Move
, and co-wrote the screenplay for Wenders' Wings of Desire
.
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
Austrian novelist and playwright.
Early life
Handke and his mother (a Carinthian SloveneCarinthian Slovenes
Carinthian Slovenes are the Slovene-speaking population group in the Austrian State of Carinthia. The Carinthian Slovenes send representatives to the National Ethnic Groups Advisory Council...
whose suicide in 1971 is the subject of Handke's A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, a reflection on her life) lived in the Soviet-occupied Pankow
Pankow (locality)
Pankow is a locality of Berlin in the district of Pankow. Until 2001 it was an autonomous district with the localities of Niederschönhausen, Wilhelmsruh, Rosenthal, Blankenfelde, Buch and Französisch Buchholz.-History:...
district of Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
from 1944 to 1948 before resettling in Griffen. According to some of his biographers, his stepfather Bruno's alcoholism and the limited cultural scope in the small town have contributed to Handke's revolt against habitualness and restrictions.
In 1954 Handke was sent to the Catholic Marianum boys' boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
at Tanzenberg Castle in Sankt Veit an der Glan
Sankt Veit an der Glan
Sankt Veit an der Glan is a town in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is the capital of a district with the same name.-Location:This town is a major point on the Glan River in the north of the Zollfeld Valley....
, Carinthia
Carinthia (state)
Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian state or Land. Situated within the Eastern Alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes.The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Austro-Bavarian group...
. Here, he published his first texts in the school paper, the Fackel. In 1959, he moved to Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt
-Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters...
, where he went to high school. In 1961, he commenced law studies at the University of Graz
University of Graz
The University of Graz , a university located in Graz, Austria, is the second-largest and second-oldest university in Austria....
.
Career
While studying, he established himself as writer, linking up with the Grazer Gruppe (the GrazGraz
The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
Authors' Assembly), an association of young writers. The group published the literary digest manuskripte. Both Elfriede Jelinek
Elfriede Jelinek
Elfriede Jelinek is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004 for her "musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that, with extraordinary linguistic zeal, reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power."-...
and Barbara Frischmuth
Barbara Frischmuth
Barbara Frischmuth is an Austrian writer of poetry and prose.She is a member of the Grazer Gruppe , along with Peter Handke.- Books :*Die Klosterschule, 1968...
were among its members.
Handke abandoned his studies in 1965, when the German Suhrkamp Verlag
Suhrkamp Verlag
Suhrkamp Verlag is a German publishing house, established in 1950 and generally acknowledged as one of the leading European publishers of fine literature.In January 2010 the headquarters of the company moved from Frankfurt to Berlin.-Early history:...
accepted his novel Die Hornissen (The Hornets) for publication. He gained attention after an appearance at a meeting of avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
artists belonging to the Gruppe 47 in Princeton
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton is a community located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is best known as the location of Princeton University, which has been sited in the community since 1756...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, U.S., where he presented his play Publikumsbeschimpfung (Offending the Audience
Offending the Audience
Offending the Audience is a play by Austrian writer Peter Handke. It is sometimes called an "anti-play" because of its renouncements of theatricality. It was originally published in German under the title Publikumsbeschimpfung in 1966...
). Handke became one of the co-founders of the publishing house Verlag der Autoren in 1969 and participated as a member of the group Grazer Autorenversammlung
Grazer Autorenversammlung
The Grazer Autorinnen Autorenversammlung was founded under the name of Grazer Autorenversammlung in March 1973 and is one of the two major Austrian writers' association . H. C. Artmann was its first president...
from 1973 to 1977.
Handke has written many scripts for films. He directed Die linkshändige Frau (The Left–Handed Woman), which was released in 1978. Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide
Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide
Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide is a book-format collection of movie capsule reviews that began in 1969 and has been updated yearly since 1978. It was originally called TV Movies, which became Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide, which then became Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide...
's description of the film is that a woman demands that her husband leave and he complies. "Time passes…and the audience falls asleep". This film was nominated for the Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
in 1978 and won the Gold Award for German Art House Cinemas in 1980. Handke has also won the 1975 German Film Award in Gold for his screenplay Falsche Bewegung.
After leaving Graz
Graz
The more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
, Handke lived in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, Berlin, Kronberg
Kronberg im Taunus
Kronberg im Taunus is a town in the Hochtaunuskreis district, Hesse, Germany. Before 1866, it was in the Duchy of Nassau; in that year the whole Duchy was absorbed into Prussia. Kronberg lies at the foot of the Taunus, flanked in the north and southwest by forests...
(all in Germany), in Paris, France, in the U.S. (1978 to 1979) and in Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
, Austria (1979 to 1988). Since 1991, he has lived in Chaville
Chaville
Chaville is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Nearest communes:*Meudon*Sèvres*Vélizy-Villacoublay*Viroflay*Ville-d'Avray....
near Paris.
In 1996 his travelogue
Travel literature
Travel literature is travel writing of literary value. Travel literature typically records the experiences of an author touring a place for the pleasure of travel. An individual work is sometimes called a travelogue or itinerary. Travel literature may be cross-cultural or transnational in focus, or...
Eine winterliche Reise zu den Flüssen Donau, Save, Morawa und Drina oder Gerechtigkeit für Serbien (A Journey to the Rivers: Justice for Serbia) created considerable controversy, as Handke portrayed Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
among the victims of the Balkan War
Yugoslav wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...
. In the same essay
Essay
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
, Handke also frontally attacked Western media
News media
The news media are those elements of the mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public.These include print media , broadcast news , and more recently the Internet .-Etymology:A medium is a carrier of something...
for misrepresenting the causes and consequences of the war. This controversy still rages. Former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
n president
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević was President of Serbia and Yugoslavia. He served as the President of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Republic of Serbia from 1989 until 1997 in three terms and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000...
asked that Handke be summoned as witness for the defence before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia or ICTY, is a...
, but the writer declined. He did, however, visit the tribunal as a spectator, and later published his observations in Die Tablas von Daimiel (The Tablas of Daimiel).
On 18 March 2006, in front of more than 20,000 mourners at the funeral of Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević was President of Serbia and Yugoslavia. He served as the President of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Republic of Serbia from 1989 until 1997 in three terms and as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000...
, Handke gave a speech in Serbian
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
which sparked much controversy in the West
Western world
The Western world, also known as the West and the Occident , is a term referring to the countries of Western Europe , the countries of the Americas, as well all countries of Northern and Central Europe, Australia and New Zealand...
. Handke later denied expressing "his happiness at being close to Milošević who defended his people". In fact, in a letter to the French Nouvel Observateur
Le Nouvel Observateur
Le Nouvel Observateur is a weekly French newsmagazine. Based in Paris, it is the most prominent French general information magazine in terms of audience and circulation ....
, he offered a translation of his speech: "The world, the so-called world, knows everything about Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. The world, the so-called world, knows everything about Slobodan Milošević. The so-called world knows the truth. This is why the so-called world is absent today, and not only today, and not only here. I don't know the truth. But I look. I listen. I feel. I remember. This is why I am here today, close to Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
, close to Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, close to Slobodan Milošević".
Handke's positions regarding the war in Yugoslavia were challenged by the Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
n writer and essayist Drago Jančar
Drago Jancar
Drago Jančar is a Slovenian writer, playwright and essayist. Jančar is one of the most known contemporary Slovene writers. In Slovenia, he is also famous for his political commentaries and civic engagement.-Life:...
and the two have engaged in a long polemic.
In 2006 Handke was nominated for the Heinrich Heine Prize
Heinrich Heine Prize
Heinrich Heine Prize refers to two different awards named after the 19th century German poet Christian Johann Heinrich Heine:* Heinrich Heine prize of Düsseldorf...
, but the prize money of €
Euro
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50,000 is subject to approval by the city council
City council
A city council or town council is the legislative body that governs a city, town, municipality or local government area.-Australia & NZ:Because of the differences in legislation between the States, the exact definition of a City Council varies...
of Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
. Members of the council's major parties stated they would vote against awarding the prize to Handke, resulting in the prize being withdrawn.
Since 1975
1975 in literature
The year 1975 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:* August 12 — with the 20-year time limit stipulated by Thomas Mann at his death having expired, sealed packets containing 32 of the author's notebooks were opened in Zurich, Switzerland.* Writing under the...
Peter Handke is a jury member of the European literary award Petrarca-Preis
Petrarca-Preis
Petrarca-Preis is a European literary award named after the Italian Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch. It was founded in 1975 by German art historian and publisher Hubert Burda, and is primarily designed for contemporary European poets, but also epicists appear in the list of...
.
He has two daughters: Amina, from his relationship with Libgart Schwarz, and another daughter with Sophie Semin. Handke has been living with the German actress Katja Flint
Katja Flint
Katja Flint is a German actress.Flint grew up in Utah and married German actor Heiner Lauterbach. They have a son named Oskar...
since 2001.
List of works
Works in English translation are italicized.- 1966 "Die Hornissen", ("The Hornets"), novel
- 1966 "Publikumsbeschimpfung und andere Sprechstücke", ("Offending the Audience and Other Spoken Plays"), play, English version in Offending the Audience and Self-accusation
- 1967 "Begrüßung des Aufsichtsrates", ("Welcoming the Supervisor"), prose texts
- 1967 "Der Hausierer", ("The Peddler"), novel
- 1967 "Kaspar", ("Kaspar"), play, English version also in Kaspar and other Plays
- 1969 "Deutsche Gedichte", "German Poems", poetry
- 1969 "Die Innenwelt der Außenwelt der Innenwelt", ("The Innerworld of the Outerworld of the Innerworld"), text collages
- 1969 "Prosa, Gedichte, Theaterstücke, Hörspiele, Aufsätze", ("Prose, Poems, Plays, Radio Plays, Essays"), collected texts
- 1969 "Das Mündel will Vormund sein", "The Ward Wants to be Warden"), play
- 1970 "Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter", ("The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick"), screenplayScreenplayA screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
and novel - 1970 "Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald von Ödön von HorvathÖdön von HorváthEdmund Josef von Horváth was a German-writing Austro-Hungarian-born playwright and novelist...
", ("Stories from the Wienerwald by Ödon von Horvath"), re-narration - 1970 "Wind und Meer. Vier Hörspiele", ("Wind and Sea. Four Radio Plays")
- 1971 "Chronik der laufenden Ereignisse", ("Chronicle of Current Events")
- 1971 "Der Ritt über den Bodensee", ("The Ride Across Lake Constance"), play
- 1971 "Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied", ("Short Letter, Long Farewell"), novel
- 1972 "Ich bin ein Bewohner des Elfenbeinturms", ("I Am a resident of the Ivory Tower"), essays
- 1972 "Stücke 1", ("Plays 1")
- 1972 "Wunschloses Unglück", ("A Sorrow Beyond Dreams. A Life Story"), story
- 1973 *"Die Unvernünftigen sterben aus", ("They Are Dying Out"), play
- 1973 "Stücke 2", ("Plays 2")
- 1974 "Als das Wünschen noch geholfen hat. Gedichte, Aufsätze, Texte, Fotos", ("When Hope still Helped. Poems, Essays, Texts, Photos")
- 1975 "Der Rand der Wörter. Erzählungen, Gedichte, Stücke", ("The Words' Edge. Stories, Poems, Plays")
- 1975 "Die Stunde der wahren Empfindung", ("A Moment of True Feeling"), story
- 1975 "Falsche Bewegung", ("Wrong Move"), novel
- 1976 "Die linkshändige Frau", ("The Left-Handed Woman"), film version 1977
- 1977 *"Das Ende des Flanierens. Gedichte", ("Strolling Comes to an End. Poems")
- 1977 "Das Gewicht der Welt. Ein Journal", ("The Weight of the World."), texts
- 1979 "Langsame Heimkehr", ("The Long Way Round"), story. also in Slkow Homecoming
- 1980 *"Die Lehre der Sainte-Victoire", ("The Lesson of MountSainte-Victoire"), story, in Slow Homecoming
- 1981 "Über die Dörfer", ("Walk about the Villages"), theatrical poem
- 1981 "Kindergeschichte", ("Child Story"), story, in Slow Homecoming
- 1982 "Die Geschichte des Bleistifts", ("History of the Pencil"), texts
- 1983 "Der Chinese des Schmerzes", ("Across"), story
- 1984 "Phantasien der Wiederholung", ("Phantasies of Repetition"),
- 1986 "Die Wiederholung", ("Repetition")
- 1987 "Der Himmel über Berlin", ("Wings of DesireWings of DesireWings of Desire is a 1987 Franco-German romantic fantasy film directed by Wim Wenders. The film is about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of the human inhabitants and comfort those who are in distress...
") with Wim WendersWim WendersErnst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders is a German film director, playwright, author, photographer and producer.-Early life:Wenders was born in Düsseldorf. He graduated from high school in Oberhausen in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine and philosophy in Freiburg and Düsseldorf...
, screenplay - 1987 "Die Abwesenheit. Ein Märchen", ("Absence"), film version directed by Handke 1992
- 1987 "Gedichte", ("Poems")
- 1987 "Nachmittag eines Schriftstellers", ("Afternoon of a Writer"), story
- 1989 "Das Spiel vom Fragen oder Die Reise zum sonoren Land", ("Voyage to the Sonorous Land or the Art of Asking"), play
- 1989 "Versuch über die Müdigkeit", ("Essay about Tiredness")
- 1990 "Noch einmal für Thukydides", ("Once Again for Thucydides"), texts
- 1990 "Versuch über die Jukebox", ("Essay about the Jukebox"), Engl. version in The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling.
- 1991 "Abschied des Träumers vom Neunten Land", ("The Dreamer's Farewell to the Ninth Country"), texts
- 1991 "Versuch über den geglückten Tag. Ein Wintertagtraum", ("Essay about the Successful Day. A Winterday's Dream")
- 1992 "Die Stunde, da wir nichts voneinander wußten", ("The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each OtherThe Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each OtherThe Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other is a one-act play without words written by Peter Handke. The play has 450 characters and focuses on a day in the life of an unspecified town square...
"), play - 1992 "Die Theaterstücke", ("The Theatrical Plays")
- 1992 "Drei Versuche. Versuch über die Müdigkeit. Versuch über die Jukebox. Versuch über den geglückten Tag", ("Three Essays. Essay about Tiredness. Essay about the Jukebox. Essay about the Successful Day.")
- 1992 "Langsam im Schatten. Gesammelte Verzettelungen 1980-1992", ("Slowly in the Shade. Collected Dispersals 1980-1992"), texts
- 1994 "Die Kunst des Fragens", ("The Art of Questioning"), texts
- 1994 "Mein Jahr in der Niemandsbucht. Ein Märchen aus den neuen Zeiten", ("My Year in the No-Man's-Bay"), novel
- 1996 "Eine winterliche Reise zu den Flüssen Donau, Save, Morawa und Drina oder Gerechtigkeit für Serbien", ("A Journey to the Rivers: Justice for Serbia"), essay
- 1996 "Sommerlicher Nachtrag zu einer winterlichen Reise", ("A Summary Addendum to a Winter's Journey"), essay
- 1997 "Zurüstungen für die Unsterblichkeit. Königsdrama", ("Preparations for Immortality. A Royal Drama"), play
- 1997 "In einer dunklen Nacht ging ich aus meinem stillen Haus", ("On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House"), story
- 1998 "Am Felsfenster morgens. Und andere Ortszeiten 1982 - 1987", ("At the Mountain Window in the Morning. And Other Local Times 1982 - 1987), texts
- 1998 "Ein Wortland. Eine Reise durch Kärnten, Slowenien, Friaul, Istrien und Dalmatien", with Liesl Ponger, ("A Land of Words. A Journey through Carinthia, Slovenia, Friaul, Istria and Dalmatia"), essay
- 1999 "Die Fahrt im Einbaum oder Das Stück zum Film vom Krieg", ("Voyage by Dugout"), play
- 1999 "", ("Lucie in the Forest with the Thingie."), texts
- 2000 "Unter Tränen fragend. Nachträgliche Aufzeichnungen von zwei Jugoslawien-Durchquerungen im Krieg, März und April 1999", ("Asking through the Tears. Belated Chronicle from two Crossings through Yugoslavia During the War, March and April 1999"), texts
- 2002 "Der Bildverlust oder Durch die Sierra de Gredos", ("Crossing the Sierra de Gredos")
- 2002 "Mündliches und Schriftliches. Zu Büchern, Bildern und Filmen 1992-2000", ("Spoken and Written. About Books, Images and Films 1992-2000"), essays
- 2002 "Untertagblues. Ein Stationendrama", ("Underground Blues. A Station Play")
- 2004 "Don Juan (erzählt von ihm selbst)", ("Don Juan - His Own Version"), novel
- 2005 "Die Tablas von Daimiel", ("The Tablas of Daimiel"), essay
- 2005 "Gestern unterwegs, ("Travelling Yesterday"), texts
- 2006 "Spuren der Verirrten", play
- 2007 "Kali. Eine Vorwintergeschichte", novel
- 2007 "Die morawische Nacht"previously announced as "Samara",
- 2009 "Die Kuckucke von Velica Hoca," intimate reportage of a Serbian enclave in Kosovo
- 2010 "Immer noch Sturm" ("Still Storm") , a play about the Slovenian uprising against Hitler in 1945, ISBN 978-3-518-42131-4; first performance: Salzburg Festival 2011
- 2011 "Der große Fall", ISBN 978-3-518-42218-2
Films
Handke collaborated with director Wim WendersWim Wenders
Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders is a German film director, playwright, author, photographer and producer.-Early life:Wenders was born in Düsseldorf. He graduated from high school in Oberhausen in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine and philosophy in Freiburg and Düsseldorf...
on a film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
version of his novel Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter (The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick), wrote the script for Wenders' The Wrong Move
The Wrong Move
The Wrong Move or Wrong Movement is a 1975 German road movie directed by Wim Wenders. This was the second part of Wenders' "Road Movie Trilogy" which included Alice in the Cities and Kings of the Road...
, and co-wrote the screenplay for Wenders' Wings of Desire
Wings of Desire
Wings of Desire is a 1987 Franco-German romantic fantasy film directed by Wim Wenders. The film is about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of the human inhabitants and comfort those who are in distress...
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English editions
Many of Handke's works have been published in several English-speaking countries by different publishers. Only one edition of each work is listed.- 1970 Kaspar and Other Plays, Hill and Wang, ISBN 0-8090-1546-3
- 1971 Offending the Audience/Self-accusation, Methuen Publishing Ltd, ISBN 0-416-19570-9
- 1972 The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0-374-16376-6
- 1973 The Ride Across Lake Constance, Methuen Publishing Ltd, ISBN 0-413-29690-3
- 1974 Slow Homecoming, Collier Books, ISBN 0-02-051530-8
- 1974 Short Letter, Long Farewell, Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0-374-26318-3
- 1974 The Innerworld of the Outerworld of the Innerworld, A Continuum Book/The Seabury Press, ISBN 0-374-28745-7
- 1976 They Are Dying Out, Eyre Methuen, ISBN 0-413-33690-5
- 1976 Ride Across Lake Constance and Other Plays, Noonday Press, ISBN 0-374-51272-8
- 1976 Nonsense and Happiness, Urizen Books, ISBN 0-916354-20-2
- 1977 A Moment of True Feeling, Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0-374-17291-9
- 1978 The Left-Handed Woman, Farrar Straus & Giroux , ISBN 0-374-18497-6
- 1979 Two Novels by Peter Handke, Avon, ISBN 0-380-48033-6
- 1984 3 X Handke, Collier Books, ISBN 0-02-020761-1
- 1984 The Weight of the World, Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0-374-28745-7
- 1985 Three by Peter Handke, Avon, ISBN 0-380-00968-4
- 1986 Across, Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0-374-52764-4
- 1988 Repetition, Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0-374-24934-2
- 1989 The Afternoon of a Writer, Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0-374-10207-4
- 1990 Absence, Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0-374-10022-5
- 1994 The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling, Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0-374-18054-7
- 1996 Walk About the Villages : A Dramatic Poem, Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 1-57241-000-0
- 1996 Voyage to the Sonorous Land : Or the Art of Asking and the Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other, Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-06273-7
- 1997 A Journey to the Rivers : Justice for Serbia, Viking, ISBN 0-670-87341-1
- 1998 Once Again for Thucydides, New Directions Publishing Corporation, ISBN 0-8112-1388-9
- 1998 My Year in the No-Man's-Bay , Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0-374-17547-0
- 2000 On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House, Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0-374-17547-0
- 2001 A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, Pushkin Press, ISBN 1-5901285-17-0
- 2002 A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, New York Review Books Classics, ISBN 1-59017-019-9
- 2003 Handke Plays, Methuen Publishing Ltd, ISBN 0-413-68090-8
- 2007 Crossing the Sierra de Gredos, Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0374281548
- 2009 Voyage by Dugout
- 2009 Slow Homecoming, NYRB Classics, ISBN 978-1-59017-307-7
- 2010 Don Juan - His Own Version, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, ISBN 978-0-374-14231-5
External links
- Chinese language premiere of Self-accusation, presented by Théatre du Rêve Expérimental
- The Peter Handke affair. A chronicle of the German-language debate on Handke's winning - and then being denied - the Heinrich Heine Prize
- Manuskripte - Zeitschrift für Literatur - Austrian literary magazine
- Peter Handke, Song of childhood
- Links to all Handke sites
- "A son's long good-bye", Svenska DagbladetSvenska DagbladetSvenska Dagbladet is a daily newspaper in Sweden. The first issue appeared on 18 December 1884. Svenska Dagbladet is published in Stockholm and provides coverage of national and international news as well as local coverage of the Greater Stockholm region...
, Karl-Erik Tallmo, September 23, 1988