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."
Known For
Wings of Desire
(1987)
Screenplay
City of Angels
(1998)
Author
Wrong Move
(1975)
Screenplay
Full Filmography
Writing
Offending the Audience
(1966)
Writer
3 American LPs
(1969)
Writer
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
(1975)
Dialogue and Novel
Wrong Move
(1975)
Screenplay
The Left-Handed Woman
(1977)
Novel and Screenplay
Short Letter to the Long Goodbye
(1978)
Novel
The Malady of Death
(1985)
Screenplay
Wings of Desire
(1987)
Screenplay
The Absence
(1993)
Novel and Writer
City of Angels
(1998)
Author
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
(2016)
Novel
Acting
Dichter Forum Graz
(1967)
3 American LPs
(1969)
Alice in the Cities
(1974)
Man at Chuck Berry Concert (uncredited)
The Malady of Death
(1985)
the narrator
Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us
(2003)
Self
Days and Nights in Paris
(2004)
Self
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
(2008)
Self (uncredited)
One Who Set Forth: Wim Wenders' Early Years
(2008)
Self
Griffen – On the Tracks of Peter Handke
(2012)
Self
Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late
(2016)
Himself
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez
(2016)
The Gardener
Directing