Peter Handke
Peter Handke was born in Griffen, Austria, in 1942. He came to early prominence in the 1960s for such experimental plays as
Kaspar and rapidly established himself as one of the most respected German-language writers of his generation, producing fiction, translations, memoirs, screenplays, and essays. Among his best-known novels are
The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick,
Repetition, and
My Year in the No-Man’s Bay. He has directed adaptions of his novels
The Left-Handed Woman and
Absence and collaborated with filmmaker Wim Wenders on four films, including
Wings of Desire. In addition to
Short Letter, Long Farewell, NYRB Classics has also published Handke’s novel
Slow Homecoming and his memoir
A Sorrow Beyond Dreams.