Peter Handke

Writing

Born: 1942-12-06
From: Griffen, Austria
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.3

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."

Awards & Nominations28 won · 1 nominated

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Nobel Prize in Literature

2019
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Nestroy theater award/lifetime achievement

2018
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honorary doctorate of the University of Alcala

2017
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honorary citizen of Belgrade

2015
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Else-Lasker-Schüler-Dramatikerpreis

2014
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International Ibsen Award

2014
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Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis

2012
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Candide Preis

2011
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Franz Kafka Prize

2009
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Literature Award of the Bavarian Academy of the Fine Arts

2008
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Heinrich Heine Prize

2006
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Siegfried Unseld Preis

2004
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America Award in Literature

2002
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Schiller Memorial Prize

1995
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Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen

1988
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Vilenica Prize

1987
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Grand Austrian State Prize for Literature

1987
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Franz Nabl Prize

1985
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Anton Wildgans Prize

1985
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Franz-Kafka-Preis

1979
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Prix Georges-Sadoul

1978
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Schillerpreis der Stadt Mannheim

1973
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Georg Büchner Prize

1973
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Literaturpreis des Landes Steiermark

1972
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Gerhart Hauptmann prize

1967
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honorary doctorate of Salzburg University

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Order of the Star of Karađorđe

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Order of the Republika Srpska

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honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt