Trivia

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2019.

Lives in Chaville near Paris, France, since 1991.

Drew criticism in the West for his strong pro-Serbian views during the Kosovo conflict.

Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 42nd Cannes International Film Festival in 1989. The 'President of the Jury' that year was his friend Wim Wenders.

Directed 4 films based on his own material: 2 TV films and 2 theatrical features. His 2 feature films The Left-Handed Woman (1977) and The Absence (1992) premiered in the 'Official Competition' at the international film festivals in Cannes 1978 and Venice 1992. They were both produced by Wim Wenders and in both Bruno Ganz played a leading role.

Although being nominated for the Heinrich Heine Prize by a jury, the city council of Düsseldorf didn't accept this decision because Handke spoke at the funeral of former Yugoslavian dictator Slobodan Milosevic (June 2006).

Romantically linked to Sophie Semin, who gave birth to their daughter Léocadie in 1992.

Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 133, pp. 248-255. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.

His daughter Amina was born on 20 April 1969.

While studying law at the University of Graz from 1961 to 1965, he established himself as writer with the Grazer Gruppe (Graz Author's Assembly). Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek was among the other members.

Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 40th Venice International Film Festival in 1983.

After leaving his hometown Graz in 1965, he lived in Düsseldorf, Berlin, Kronberg, Paris, in the United States, Salzburg and Chaville, France.

Made director John Ford a character in his novel "Short Letter, Long Farewell".

Longtime companion of actress Katja Flint from 2001 to 2006.

His most noted works include "The Hornets" (1966), "Offending the Audience and Other Spoken Plays" (1966), "The Left-Handed Woman" (1976), "Across" (1983), "My Year in the No-Man's-Bay" (1994) and "Kali" (2007).