1942 - Today
Peter Handke (German pronunciation: [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 ultraobjective, 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
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Handke has received more than 1,079,674 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Peter Handke is the 219th most popular writer (down from 187th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Austria (down from 46th in 2019) and the 3rd 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, Peter Handke ranks 219 out of 5,755. Before him are Adam Mickiewicz, Arthur C. Clarke, Anna Komnene, Geoffrey Chaucer, Nizami Ganjavi, and Terry Pratchett. After him are Luís de Camões, Ray Bradbury, Luigi Pirandello, John Milton, Peter Drucker, and Johanna Spyri.
1798 - 1855
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 213
1917 - 2008
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 214
1083 - 1153
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 215
1343 - 1400
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 216
1141 - 1209
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 217
1948 - 2015
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 218
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 219
1524 - 1580
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 220
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 221
1867 - 1936
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 222
1608 - 1674
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 223
1909 - 2005
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 224
1827 - 1901
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 225
Among people born in 1942, Peter Handke ranks 16. Before him are Ratko Mladić, Eusébio, Harrison Ford, Paul McCartney, Barbra Streisand, and Daniel Barenboim. After him are Scatman John, Jacques Rogge, Isabel Allende, Ted Kaczynski, Ronnie James Dio, and Brian Jones.
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 10
1942 - 2014
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 11
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 12
1942 - Present
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 13
1942 - Present
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 14
1942 - Present
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 15
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 16
1942 - 1999
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 17
1942 - 2021
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 18
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 19
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 20
1942 - 2010
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 21
1942 - 1969
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 22
Among people born in Austria, Peter Handke ranks 58 out of 1,237. Before him are Kurt Gödel (1906), Wolfgang Pauli (1900), Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802), Ludwig Boltzmann (1844), Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903), and Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1527). After him are Christian Doppler (1803), Archduchess Gisela of Austria (1856), Maria Carolina of Austria (1752), Anton Webern (1883), Peter Drucker (1909), and Josef Bican (1913).
1906 - 1978
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 52
1900 - 1958
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 53
1802 - 1878
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 54
1844 - 1906
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 55
1903 - 1946
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 56
1527 - 1576
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 57
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 58
1803 - 1853
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 59
1856 - 1932
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 60
1752 - 1814
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 61
1883 - 1945
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 62
1909 - 2005
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 63
1913 - 2001
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 64
Among writers born in Austria, Peter Handke ranks 3. Before him are Franz Kafka (1883) and Stefan Zweig (1881). After him are Peter Drucker (1909), Robert Musil (1880), Arthur Schnitzler (1862), Elfriede Jelinek (1946), Sándor Márai (1900), Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888), Paula Hitler (1896), Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), and Georg Trakl (1887).
1883 - 1924
HPI: 86.23
Rank: 1
1881 - 1942
HPI: 78.92
Rank: 2
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 3
1909 - 2005
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 4
1880 - 1942
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 5
1862 - 1931
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 6
1946 - Present
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 7
1900 - 1989
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 8
1888 - 1970
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 9
1896 - 1960
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 10
1874 - 1929
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 11
1887 - 1914
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 12