Peter Handke
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About
Controversial playwright, novelist, and director who won the Georg Buchner and Franz Kafka Prizes for theater, and became known for his film The Left-Handed Woman.
Before Fame
He attended boarding school at Tanzenberg Castle, where he wrote for the school newspaper.
Trivia
His 1996 travelogue, A Journey to the Rivers: Justice for Serbia, created much controversy in Yugoslavia, as it portrayed Serbia among the victims of the Yugoslav Wars.
Family Life
His mother's 1971 suicide is the subject of his play A Sorrow Beyond Dreams.
Associated With
His award-winning film The Left-Handed Woman was given an infamously negative review by American film critic Leonard Maltin.
