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Handke was born in Griffen , Austria. His father was a German bank clerk and his mother was from Slovenia. He spent his youth in the Eastern sector of Berlin and Griffen. His earliest writings appeared in Fackel, the school magazine at Tanzenberg, a Catholic boys' boarding school he attended. He studied law at the University of Graz ( 1961- 65). During this time, he joined the writers' group Forum Stadtpark , and his work was published in the magazine Manuskripte. He left school upon publication of his first novel, which began his career as an author.

His first play, Publikumsbeschimpfung ("Offending the Audience", 1966) was labeled as antitheater . In the play, the actors insult the audience and then praise them for their "performance." In that same year, he made a great impression at a meeting of Group 47 at Princeton University.

In 1969, Handke was a founding member of the Verlag der Autorer --The Authors' Publisher--in Frankfurt am Main. From 1973-1977 he was a member of the Graz Authors' Assembly. Since then, he's lived in Graz, DüsseldorfDusseldorf is the capital city of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 571,000 Dusseldorf is one of the largest cities in the Rhineland region and the ninth largest in Germany. Vital statistics Name: Dusseldorf Country:, Berlin, Kronberg in the TaunusTaunus seen from Frankfurt/Main The Taunus is a mountain chain in Hesse, Germany. It is bounded by the river valleys of Rhine, Main and Lahn. On the opposite side of the Rhine the mountains are continued by the Hunsruck. The highest peak is the Grosser Fe, and since 1979 has spent a great deal of time in SalzburgThis page is for the city of Salzburg. For the surrounding state of Salzburg, see: Salzburg (state Salzburg (population 145,000 in 2003) is a city in western Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg (population 520,000 in 2003). The geogra, Austria. At the moment he resides in Chaville, France.

Handke collaborated with director Wim WendersWilhelm Ernst ("Wim") Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German-born film director, author and producer. Wenders received Palme d'Or in 1985 for his movie: Paris, Texas in 1985 and was awarded a honorary doctoral at Sorbonne, Paris in 1989. Films include on a filmFor other uses see film (disambiguation Film — also called movies the cinema the silver screen moving pictures motion pictures photoplays picture shows and flicks — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of the entertainment version of his Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter ( The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick ) and co-wrote the screenplay for Wenders' Wings of DesireWings of Desire is the English title of Der Himmel uber Berlin a 1987 film by the German-born director Wim Wenders. Set in present-day Berlin, the first part of the film is mainly in black and white. It follows two angels as they roam the city, unseen and.