!!!Handke, Peter

b. Griffen (Carinthia), Dec. 6, 1942, author and translator, also film 
author and director. Broke off his studies of law in Graz (1961-1965), 
after the success of his work "Die Hornissen" ("The Hornets") in 1966. 
After living alternately in Austria, Germany, France and the USA 
(1978/1979) H. lived in Salzburg from 1979-1988, and since then in 
France and Salzburg.

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Through his early works H. became an important representative of 
linguistically experimental literature who showed "that literature is 
created by language and not by the things described by language". As a 
result his works show a marked criticism of traditional literary forms 
like poetry, prose and drama and thus criticism of the reader's and 
audience's expectations ("Publikumsbeschimpfung", 1966). H. turned 
against direct social criticism in literature contrasting this with 
his critical approach to language. Later his development as an author 
was marked by a return to traditional narration ("Wunschloses 
Unglueck", 1972; "Der Chinese des Schmerzes", 1983; "Die 
Wiederholung", 1986), especially by an analysis of the works of A.  
Stifter, with whom he was also often compared. In his essay "Eine 
winterliche Reise zu den Fluessen Donau, Save, Morawa und Drina oder 
Gerechtigkeit fuer Serbien", written in 1996, and his play "Die Fahrt 
im Einbaum oder Das Stueck zum Film vom Krieg" (1999), Handke pleads 
for the cause of Serbia in the Balkan War. Awards: Georg Buechner 
Prize 1973, Kafka Prize 1979, Cultural Prize of the Province of 
Carinthia 1983, Grillparzer Prize 1983, Grand Austrian State Prize 
1987 and others. There has been a H. archive in Griffen since 1996.

!Further works
Novels and prose: Der Hausierer, 1967; Die Innenwelt 
der Aussenwelt der Innenwelt, 1969; Die Angst des Tormanns beim 
Elfmeter, 1970; Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied, 1972; Falsche 
Bewegung, 1975; Die Stunde der wahren Empfindung, 1975; Die 
linkshaendige Frau, 1976; Das Gewicht der Welt, 1977; Die Geschichte 
des Bleistifts, 1982; Nachmittag eines Schriftstellers, 1987; Versuch 
ueber die Muedigkeit, 1989; Versuch ueber den geglueckten Tag, 1991; 
Versuch ueber die Jukebox, 1991; Abschied des Traeumers vom 9. Land, 
1991; Langsam im Schatten. Gesammelte Verzettelungen 1980-1992, 1992; 
Mein Jahr in der Niemandsbucht, 1994; In einer dunklen Nacht ging ich 
aus meinem stillen Haus, 1997; Unter Traenen fragend. Nachtraegliche 
Aufzeichnungen von zwei Jugoslawien-Durchquerungen im Krieg, Maerz und 
April 1999, 2000. - Dramas: Kaspar, 1968; Der Ritt ueber den Bodensee, 
1970; Die Unvernuenftigen sterben aus, 1973; Ueber die Doerfer, 1981; 
Das Spiel vom Fragen oder Die Reise zum sonoren Land, 1989; Die Stunde 
da wir nichts voneinander wussten, 1992; Zuruestung fuer die 
Unsterblichkeit, 1997. - Poetry: Das Ende des Flanierens, 1980; 
Gedicht an die Dauer, 1986; Gedichte, 1987. - Translations, radio 
plays, essays.

!Literature
R. Fellinger (publisher), P. H., 1985; A. Haslinger, P. H. 
Jugend eines Schriftstellers, 1992; M. Maier (ed.), Die Geographie des 
Menschen. Gespraeche mit P. H. und anderen, 1993; T. Deichmann, Noch 
einmal fuer Jugoslawien: P. H., 1998.


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