Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-12-06 (82 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

Acting

2016

Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late as Himself

The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez as Gardener

2012

Griffen – On the Tracks of Peter Handke as Self

2008

Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers as Self (uncredited)

One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years as Self

2004

Days and Nights in Paris as Self

2003

Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us as Self

2002

Gero von Boehm begegnet... as Self

1997

Nachtstudio as Self

1995

Kulturzeit as self

1985

The Malady of Death as the narrator

1976

Litera-Tour as Self

1974

Alice in the Cities as Man at Chuck Berry Concert (uncredited)

1969

1967

Dichter Forum Graz

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente as Self

1965

Studio III - Aus Kunst und Wissenschaft as Self

1962

Das Profil as Self

1951

Deutscher Filmpreis as Self

1948

BAMBI Awards as Self

Writing

2016

The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez as Novel

1998

City of Angels as Original Film Writer

1993

The Absence as Novel

The Absence as Writer

1987

Wings of Desire as Screenplay

1985

The Malady of Death as Screenplay

1978

The Left-Handed Woman as Novel

The Left-Handed Woman as Screenplay

Short Letter to the Long Goodbye as Novel

1975

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick as Dialogue

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick as Novel

Wrong Move as Screenplay

1974

Kaspar as Writer

1969

3 American LPs as Writer

1966

Offending the Audience as Writer

Directing

1993

The Absence as Director

1985

The Malady of Death as Director

1978

The Left-Handed Woman as Director

1971

Chronik der laufenden Ereignisse as Director