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Sagittarius
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Peter Handke
Peter Handke is an Austrian Nobel Prize-winning novelist, playwright, translator, poet, director and screenwriter. Handke received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2019. In the late 1960s, he was recognized for his play Publikumsbeschimpfung and his novel Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter. Motivated by his mother's death in 1971, he reflects his life in the novel Wunschloses Unglück. Handke is a member of Grazer Gruppe and Grazer Autorenversammlung, and co-founder of the Verlag der Autoren publishing house in Frankfurt. He collaborated with director Wim Wenders, which led to screenplays such as Der Himmel über Berlin. Handke has received other awards including the Georg Büchner Prize in 1973, the Vilenica International Literature Prize in 1987, and the 2018 Nestroy Austrian Theater Prize for Lifetime Achievement.
BornDecember 6, 1942, Griffen, Austria
OccupationNovelist, Playwright
EducationUniversity of Graz
Notable worksOffending the Audience, The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, Wings of Desire
Notable awardsGeorg Büchner Prize (1973), Vilenica International Literary Prize (1987), Nestroy Theatre Prize (2018), Nobel Prize in Literature (2019)

About Peter Handke

Playwright Peter Handke was born on December 6, 1942 in Austria (He's 81 years old now).

Controversial playwright, author, and filmmaker known for his film The Left-Handed Woman, which earned the Playwright Georg Buchner and Novelist Franz Kafka Prizes for theater.

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Peter Handke before becoming famous

Peter Handke was born in the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer), and 1942 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Horse (馬).

He went to Tanzenberg Castle boarding school and wrote for the school newspaper.

Achievement of Peter Handke

A Journey to the Rivers: Justice for Serbia, which he published in 1996, sparked great debate in Yugoslavia since it depicted Serbia as a victim of the Yugoslav Wars.

Peter Handke's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

His piece A Sorrow Beyond Dreams is about his mother's suicide in 1971.

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American cinema critic TV Show Host Leonard Maltin gave his award-winning picture The Left-Handed Woman an infamously unfavorable review.

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