Peter Handke was born in Griffen, Austria on 6 December 1942. He is an Austrian novelist, playwright and translator. He has been awarded the Georg Büchner Prize
, the Franz Kafka Prize
and the International Ibsen Award
; the latter award was extremely controversial and Handke was met by protesters in Oslo and widely described by critics in Norwegian media as a fascist
with ties to war criminals
.His writings about the Yugoslav Wars
and subsequent NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
with criticism of the Western position and his speech at the funeral of Slobodan Milošević
have caused controversy, and he has been widely described as an apologist for far-right Serbian nationalism. In 2006 his nomination for the Heinrich Heine Prize
caused a scandal, and the prize was withdrawn due to his political views.He has also directed films, including from his own novels, The Left-Handed Woman and The Absence.
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| Peter Handke Photo: Rolf Haid |
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| The Absence- DIE ABWESENHEIT |
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| The Left-Handed Woman-DIE LINKSHANDIGE FRAU (1976) |
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