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Peter Handke

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Born: December 6, 1942
From: Griffen, Austria

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

City of Angels

Wings of Desire

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez

The Left-Handed Woman

The Absence

3 American LPs

Filmography

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2026

100 Jahre Ingeborg Bachmann - Dichten für die Wahrheit

Acting (Self)

2017

To Duration: A Tribute to Peter Handke

2016

Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late

Acting (Himself)

The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez

Acting (Gardener) Writing (Novel)

2013

Glass: Spuren der Verirrten

Writing (Story)

2012

Griffen – On the Tracks of Peter Handke

Acting (Self)

2008

Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

Acting (Self (uncredited))

One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years

Acting (Self)

2004

Days and Nights in Paris

Acting (Self)

2003

Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us

Acting (Self)

2002

Gero von Boehm begegnet...

Acting (Self) 1 EP

1998

City of Angels

Writing (Original Film Writer)

1997

Nachtstudio

Acting (Self) 1 EP

1993

The Absence

Directing (Director) Writing (Novel) Writing (Writer)

1987

Wings of Desire

Writing (Screenplay)

1985

The Malady of Death

Acting (The Narrator (voice)) Directing (Director) Writing (Screenplay)

1978

The Left-Handed Woman

Directing (Director) Writing (Novel) Writing (Screenplay)

Short Letter to the Long Goodbye

Writing (Novel)

1976

Litera-Tour

Acting (Self) 1 EP

1975

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

Writing (Dialogue) Writing (Novel)

Writing (Screenplay)

1974

Writing (Writer)

Alice in the Cities

Acting (Man at Chuck Berry Concert (uncredited))

1971

Chronicle of Current Events

Directing (Director)

1969

3 American LPs

Acting Writing (Writer)

1967

Titel, Thesen, Temperamente

Acting (Self) 1 EP

Dichter Forum Graz

1966

Offending the Audience

Writing (Writer)

1965

Studio III - Aus Kunst und Wissenschaft

Acting (Self) 1 EP

1962

Acting (Self) 1 EP

1951

German Film Award

Acting (Self) 1 EP

1948

Acting (Self) 1 EP