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Peter Handke

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Peter Handke (German: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈhantkə]; born 6 December 1942) is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter. He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience." Handke is considered to be one of the most influential and original German-language writers in the second half of the 20th century. In the late 1960s, he earned his reputation as a member of the avant-garde with such plays as Offending the Audience (1966) in which actors analyze the nature of theatre and alternately insult the audience and praise its "performance", and Kaspar (1967). His novels, mostly ultra objective, deadpan accounts of characters in extreme states of mind, include The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1970) and The Left-Handed Woman (1976). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Handke is the 275th most popular writer (down from 251st in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Austria (down from 64th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Writer.

Peter Handke is most famous for his novel "The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick."

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Handke ranks 275 out of 7,302. Before him are Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Snorri Sturluson, Jami, Arthur C. Clarke, Quintilian, and Elfriede Jelinek. After him are Gao Xingjian, Pär Lagerkvist, Anna Komnene, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Valmiki.

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Among people born in 1942, Peter Handke ranks 18. Before him are Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, Harrison Ford, Bob Ross, Dino Zoff, and Barbra Streisand. After him are Isabel Allende, Neilia Hunter Biden, Scatman John, Brian Wilson, Ronnie James Dio, and John Sulston.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Peter Handke ranks 78 out of 1,424. Before him are Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865), Kurt Waldheim (1918), Anna Freud (1895), Fritz Pregl (1869), Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888), and Elfriede Jelinek (1946). After him are Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1906), Alban Berg (1885), Fritz Lang (1890), Albert II of Germany (1397), Mariana of Austria (1634), and Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (1842).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Peter Handke ranks 4. Before him are Stefan Zweig (1881), Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888), and Elfriede Jelinek (1946). After him are Robert Musil (1880), Peter Drucker (1909), Arthur Schnitzler (1862), Paula Hitler (1896), Georg Trakl (1887), Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), Klaus Ebner (1964), and Walther von der Vogelweide (1170).

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