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Peter Handke

Born

in Griffen, Austria

December 06, 1942

Genre

Theatre, Fiction

Influences

Goethe, Henrik Ibsen, Robert Walser, Shakespeare, Henri Bergson ...more

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Peter Handke (* 6. Dezember 1942 in Griffen, Kärnten) ist ein österreichischer Schriftsteller und Übersetzer.

Peter Handke is an Avant-garde Austrian novelist and playwright. His body of work has been awarded numerous literary prizes, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2019. He has also collaborated with German director Wim Wenders, writing the script for The Wrong Move and co-writing the screenplay for Wings of Desire.

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Average rating: 3.39 · 34,295 ratings · 4,839 reviews · 309 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Sorrow Beyond Dreams by Peter Handke, Ralph Manheim, Jeffrey Eugenides (Introduction) 3.74 avg rating — 7,149 ratings — published 1972	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick 3.15 avg rating — 6,451 ratings — published 1970 — 114 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Left-Handed Woman 3.21 avg rating — 3,678 ratings — published 1976 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Short Letter, Long Farewell by Peter Handke, Ralph Manheim (Translator), Greil Marcus (Introduction) 3.31 avg rating — 2,465 ratings — published 1972 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Afternoon of a Writer 3.42 avg rating — 1,104 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	عن التعب by Peter Handke, بيتر هاندكه, رضوى إمام (Translator) 3.12 avg rating — 921 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don Juan: His Own Version by Peter Handke, Krishna Winston (Translator) 2.95 avg rating — 875 ratings — published 2004 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Moment of True Feeling by Peter Handke, Ralph Manheim (Translator) 3.37 avg rating — 683 ratings — published 1975 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House by Peter Handke, Krishna Winston (Translator) 3.17 avg rating — 616 ratings — published 1997 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Canto alla durata by Peter Handke, Hans Kitzmüller (Translator) 4.12 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 1986 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Versuche (5 books)
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Abschied von Jugoslawien (3 books)
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“If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood.”
― Peter Handke

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“When the child was a child, it didn’t know that it was a child, everything was soulful, and all souls were one.”
― Peter Handke, Song of Childhood

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“حاجة ماسة للبوح تصادفها أقصى درجات الصمت”
― Peter Handke, الشقاء العادي

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