Handke and his mother (who is said to be the model for the protagonist in ''A Sorrow Beyond Dreams'') lived in East Berlin from 1944 to 1948 before resettling in Griffen. According to some of his biographers, his step father Bruno's alcoholism and the limited cultural scope in the small town have contributed to Handke's revolt against habitualness and restrictions.
In 1954 Handke was sent to a Catholic boys' Boarding School in Tanzenberg , Carinthia . Here, he published his first texts in the school paper, the ''Fackel''. In 1959 , he moved to Klagenfurt , where he went to high school. In 1961 , he commenced law studies at the University Of Graz .
While studying, he established himself as writer, linking up with the ''Grazer Gruppe'' (the Graz Authors' Assembly), an association of young writers. The group published the literary digest Manuskripte . Both Elfriede Jelinek and Barbara Frischmuth were amongst its members.
Handke abandoned his studies in 1965 , when the German Suhrkamp Verlag accepted his novel ''Die Hornisssen (The Hornets)'' for publication.
He gained popular attention after a spectacular appearance at a meeting of Avant Garde artists belonging to the Gruppe 47 in Princeton, New Jersey , USA , where he presented his play ''Publikumsbeschimpfung (Offending the Audience)''.
He became one of the co-founders of the publishing house Verlag Der Autoren in 1969 and participated as a member of the group Grazer Autorenversammlung from 1973 to 1977 .
During the 1980s , he travelled extensively, visiting, amongst others, Alaska , Japan and Yugoslavia .
In among the victims of the Balkan War . In the same Essay , Handke also frontally attacked Western Media for misrepresenting the causes and consequences of the war. This controversy still rages. Former Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milošević asked that Handke be summoned as witness for the defense before the International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia , but the writer declined. He did, however, visit the tribunal as a spectator, and later published his observations in ''Die Tablas von Daimiel, (The Tablas of Daimiel)''.
On 18. March 2006, Handke spoke at the funeral of Slobodan Milošević in front of over 20.000 visitors. He expressed his gratitude about being in Serbia and being close to Milošević at such a special day.
After leaving Graz , Handke has lived in Düsseldorf , Berlin , Kronberg , all in Germany , in Paris , France , the USA ( 1978 to 1979 ), Salzburg , Austria ( 1979 to 1988 ). Since 1991 , he lives in Chaville near Paris , France .
When Elfriede Jelinek was awarded the Nobel Prize In Literature in 2004 , she stated that she considered Peter Handke a more worthy recipient than herself.
He has one daughter, Amina, and has been living with the German Actress Katja Flint since 2001 .
Handke collaborated with director Wim Wenders on a Film version of his novel '' Die Angst Des Tormanns Beim Elfmeter '' ('' The Goalie's Anxiety At The Penalty Kick '') and co-wrote the screenplay for Wenders' '' Wings Of Desire ''.
''Works in English translation are italicized.''
- 1966 "Die Hornissen", ("The Hornets"), novel
- 1966 "Publikumsbeschimpfung und andere Sprechstücke", ("Offending the Audience and Other Spoken Plays"), play, English version in ''Offending the Audience and Self-accusation''
- 1967 "Begrüßung des Aufsichtsrates", ("Welcoming the Supervisor"), prose texts
- 1967 "Der Hausierer", ("The Peddler"), novel
- 1967 "Kaspar", ''("Kaspar")'', play, English version also in ''Kaspar and other Plays''
- 1969 "Deutsche Gedichte", "German Poems", poetry
- 1969 "Die Innenwelt der Außenwelt der Innenwelt", ''("The Innerworld of the Outerworld of the Innerworld")'', text collages
- 1969 "Prosa, Gedichte, Theaterstücke, Hörspiele, Aufsätze", ("Prose, Poems, Plays, Radio Plays, Essays"), collected texts
- 1969 "Das Mündel will Vormund sein", "The Ward Wants to be Warden"), play
- 1970 "Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter", ''("The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick"),'' Screenplay and novel
- 1970 "Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald von Ödön Von Horvath ", ("Stories from the Wienerwald by Ödon von Horvath"). re-narration
- 1970 "Wind und Meer. Vier Hörspiele", ("Wind and Sea. Four Radio Plays")
- 1971 "Chronik der laufenden Ereignisse", ("Chronicle of Current Events")
- 1971 "Der Ritt über den Bodensee", ''("The Ride Across Lake Constance")'', play
- 1971 "Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied", ''("Short Letter, Long Farewell")'', story
- 1972 "Ich bin ein Bewohner des Elfenbeinturms", ("I Am a resident of the Ivory Tower"), essays
- 1972 "Stücke 1", ("Plays 1")
- 1972 "Wunschloses Unglück", ''("A Sorrow Beyond Dreams. A Life Story")'', story
- 1973 ---"Die Unvernünftigen sterben aus", ''("They Are Dying Out")'', play
- 1973 "Stücke 2", ("Plays 2")
- 1974 "Als das Wünschen noch geholfen hat. Gedichte, Aufsätze, Texte, Fotos", ("When Hope still Helped. Poems, Essays, Texts, Photos")
- 1975 "Der Rand der Wörter. Erzählungen, Gedichte, Stücke", ("The Words' Edge. Stories, Poems, Plays")
- 1975 "Die Stunde der wahren Empfindung", ''("A Moment of True Feeling")'', story
- 1975 "Falsche Bewegung", ("Wrong Move"), novel
- 1976 "Die linkshändige Frau", ''("The Left-Handed Woman")'', film version 1977
- 1977 ---"Das Ende des Flanierens. Gedichte", ("Strolling Comes to an End. Poems")
- 1977 "Das Gewicht der Welt. Ein Journal", ''("The Weight of the World.")'', texts
- 1979 "Langsame Heimkehr", ''("The Long Way Round")'', story. also in ''Slkow Homecoming''
- 1980 ---"Die Lehre der Sainte-Victoire", ("The Lesson of MountSainte-Victoire"), story, in ''Slow Homecoming''
- 1981 "Über die Dörfer", ''("Walk about the Villages")'', theatrical poem
- 1981 "Kindergeschichte", ("Child Story"), story, in ''Slow Homecoming''
- 1982 "Die Geschichte des Bleistifts", ("History of the Pencil"), texts
- 1983 "Der Chinese des Schmerzes", ''("Across")'', story
- 1984 "Phantasien der Wiederholung", ("Phantasies of Repetition"),
- 1986 "Die Wiederholung", ''("Repetition")''
- 1987 "Der Himmel über Berlin", (" Wings Of Desire ") with Wim Wenders , screenplay
- 1987 "Die Abwesenheit. Ein Märchen", ''("Absence")'', film version directed by Handke 1992
- 1987 "Gedichte", ("Poems")
- 1987 "Nachmittag eines Schriftstellers", ''("Afternoon of a Writer")'', story
- 1989 "Das Spiel vom Fragen oder Die Reise zum sonoren Land", ("Voyage to the Sonorous Land or the Art of Asking"), play
- 1989 "Versuch über die Müdigkeit", ("Essay about Tiredness")
- 1990 "Noch einmal für Thukydides", ''("Once Again for Thucydides")''', texts
- 1990 "Versuch über die Jukebox", ("Essay about the Jukebox"), Engl version in ''The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling.''
- 1991 "Abschied des Träumers vom Neunten Land", ("The Dreamer's Farewell to the Ninth Country"), texts
- 1991 "Versuch über den geglückten Tag. Ein Wintertagtraum", ("Essay about the Successful Day. A Winterday's Dream")
- 1992 "Die Stunde, da wir nichts voneinander wußten.", ("The Hour When We Knew Nothing about Each Other"), play
- 1992 "Die Theaterstücke", ("The Theatrical Plays")
- 1992 "Drei Versuche. Versuch über die Müdigkeit. Versuch über die Jukebox. Versuch über den geglückten Tag", ("Three Essays. Essay about Tiredness. Essay about the Jukebox. Essay about the Successful Day.")
- 1992 "Langsam im Schatten. Gesammelte Verzettelungen 1980-1992", ("Slowly in the Shade. Collected Dispersals 1980-1992"), texts
- 1994 "Die Kunst des Fragens", ("The Art of Questioning"), texts
- 1994 "Mein Jahr in der Niemandsbucht. Ein Märchen aus den neuen Zeiten", ''("My Year in the No-Man's-Bay")'', novel
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- 1996 "Sommerlicher Nachtrag zu einer winterlichen Reise", ("A Summery Addendum to a Winter's Journey"), essay
- 1997 "Zurüstungen für die Unsterblichkeit. Königsdrama", ("Preparations for Immortality. A Royal Drama"), play
- 1997 "In einer dunklen Nacht ging ich aus meinem stillen Haus", ''("On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House")'', story
- 1998 "Am Felsfenster morgens. Und andere Ortszeiten 1982 - 1987", ("At the Mountain Window in the Morning. And Other Local Times 1982 - 1987), texts
- 1998 "Ein Wortland. Eine Reise durch Kärnten, Slowenien, Friaul, Istrien und Dalmatien" with Liesl Ponger, ("A Land of Words. A Journey through Carinthia, Slovenia, Friaul, Istria and Dalmatia"), essay
- 1999 "Die Fahrt im Einbaum oder Das Stück zum Film vom Krieg", ("The Canoe Ride or The Play about the Film about the War"), play
- 1999 "Lucie im Wald mit den Dingsda. Mit 11 Skizzen des Autors", ("Lucie in the Forfest with the Thingie."), texts
- 2000 "Unter Tränen fragend. Nachträgliche Aufzeichnungen von zwei Jugoslawien-Durchquerungen im Krieg, März und April 1999", ("Asking through the Tears. Belated Chronicle from two Crossings through Yugoslavia During the War, March and April 1999"), texts
- 2002 "Der Bildverlust oder Durch die Sierra de Gredos", ("The Lost Image or Through the Sierra de Gredos")
- 2002 "Mündliches und Schriftliches. Zu Büchern, Bildern und Filmen 1992-2000", ("Spoken and Written. About Books, Images and Films 1992-2000"), essays
- 2002 "Untertagblues. Ein Stationendrama", ("Underground Blues. A Station Play")
- 2004 "Don Juan (erzählt von ihm selbst)", ("Don Juan (Told by Himself)"), novel
- 2005 "Die Tablas von Daimiel", ("The Tablas of Daimiel"), essay
- 2005 "Gestern unterwegs, ("Travelling Yesterday"), texts
''Many of Handke's works have been published in several English speaking countries by different publishers. Only one edition of each work is listed.''
- 1970 ''Kaspar and Other Plays'', Hill and Wang, ISBN 0809015463
- 1971 ''Offending the Audience/Self-accusation'', Methuen Publishing Ltd, ISBN 0416195709
- 1972 ''The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick'', Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0374163766
- 1973 ''The Ride Across Lake Constance'', Methuen Publishing Ltd, ISBN 0413296903
- 1974 ''Slow Homecoming'', Collier Books, ISBN 0020515308
- 1974 ''Short Letter, Long Farewell'', Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0374263183
- 1974 ''The Innerworld of the Outerworld of the Innerworld'', A Continuum Book/The Seabury Press, ISBN 0374287457
- 1976 ''They Are Dying Out'', Eyre Methuen, ISBN 0413336905
- 1976 ''Ride Across Lake Constance and Other Plays'', Noonday Press, ISBN 0374512728
- 1976 ''Nonsense and Happiness'', Urizen Books, ISBN 0916354202
- 1977 ''A Moment of True Feeling'', Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0374172919
- 1978 ''The Left-Handed Woman'', Farrar Straus & Giroux , ISBN 0374184976
- 1979 ''Two Novels by Peter Handke'', Avon, ISBN 0380480336
- 1984 ''3 X Handke'', Collier Books, ISBN 0020207611
- 1984 ''The Weight of the World'', Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0374287457
- 1985 ''Three by Peter Handke'', Avon, ISBN 0380009684
- 1986 ''Across'', Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0374527644
- 1988 ''Repetition'', Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0374249342
- 1989 ''The Afternoon of a Writer'', Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0374102074
- 1990 ''Absence'', Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0374100225
- 1994 ''The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling'', Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0374180547
- 1996 ''Walk About the Villages : A Dramatic Poem'', Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 1572410000
- 1996 ''Voyage to the Sonorous Land : Or the Art of Asking and the Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other'', Yale University Press, ISBN 0300062737
- 1997 ''A Journey to the Rivers : Justice for Serbia'', Viking, ISBN 0670873411
- 1998 ''Once Again for Thucydides'', New Directions Publishing Corporation, ISBN 0811213889
- 1998 ''My Year in the No-Man's-Bay '', Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0374175470
- 2000 ''On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House'', Farrar Straus & Giroux, ISBN 0374175470
- 2002 ''A Sorrow Beyond Dreams'', New York Review Books Classics, ISBN 1590170199
- 2003 ''Handke Plays'', Methuen Publishing Ltd, ISBN 0413680908
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