Editing Peter Handke (section)

=== Early life and family ===
Handke was born in [[Griffen, Austria|Griffen]], then in the [[Nazi Germany|German Reich]]'s [[Reichsgau Carinthia]].<ref name="Britannica" /> His father, Erich Schönemann, was a bank clerk and German soldier whom Handke did not meet until adulthood. His mother Maria, a [[Carinthian Slovenes|Carinthian Slovene]], married Bruno Handke, a tram conductor and [[Wehrmacht]] soldier from Berlin, before Peter was born.<ref name="Munzinger" /> The family lived in the Soviet-occupied [[Pankow (locality)|Pankow]] district of Berlin from 1944 to 1948, where Maria Handke had two more children: Peter's half-sister and half-brother. Then the family moved to his mother's home town of Griffen. Peter experienced his stepfather as more and more violent due to [[alcoholism]].<ref name="Munzinger" /><!-- and the limited cultural life of the small town contributed to Handke's antipathy to habit and restrictiveness. -- look for ref-->

In 1954, Handke was sent to the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] ''Marianum'' boys' [[boarding school]] at [[Tanzenberg Castle]] in [[Sankt Veit an der Glan]]. There, he published his first writing in the school newspaper, ''Fackel''.<ref name="Munzinger" /> In 1959, he moved to [[Klagenfurt]], where he went to high school, and commenced law studies at the [[University of Graz]] in 1961.<ref name="Britannica" />

Handke's mother took her own life in 1971, reflected in his novel ''[[A Sorrow Beyond Dreams|Wunschloses Unglück]]'' (''A Sorrow Beyond Dreams'').<ref name="Britannica" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Curwen |first1=Thomas |title=Choosing against life |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jan-05-bk-curwen5-story.html |access-date=11 October 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=5 January 2003}}</ref>

After leaving Graz, Handke lived in [[Düsseldorf]], Berlin, [[Kronberg im Taunus|Kronberg]], Paris, the U.S. (1978–1979) and [[Salzburg]] (1979–1988).<ref name="Wenders" /> Since 1990, he has resided in [[Chaville]] near Paris.<ref>[https://sz-magazin.sueddeutsche.de/literatur/messie-und-messias-78494 Messie und Messias / Wie wohnt eigentlich der Schriftsteller Peter Handke? Ein Hausbesuch.] [[Süddeutsche Zeitung]] 8 October 2011</ref> He is the subject of the documentary film ''[[Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late]]'' (2016), directed by [[Corinna Belz]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmportal.de/film/peter-handke-bin-im-wald-kann-sein-dass-ich-mich-verspaete_100a01ffe8a44abebd904afe10b2462e|title=Peter Handke – Bin im Wald. Kann sein, dass ich mich verspäte...|language=de|work=[[Filmportal.de]]|access-date=14 May 2017}}</ref><!--In 2006, Handke was nominated for the [[Heinrich Heine Prize]], but the prize money of €50,000 had to be approved by the city council of Düsseldorf. Members of the council's major parties stated they would vote against awarding the prize to Handke, resulting in the prize being withdrawn.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2036907,00.html |title=German Politicians to Block Prize for Milosevic Sympathizer |date=31 May 2006 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=16 September 2010}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.faz.net/1.327741|title=Eklat in Düsseldorf: Kein Heine-Preis für Handke – Politiker verweigern Zustimmung|via=www.faz.net}} too much --> Since 2012, Handke has been a member of the [[Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts]].<ref name="AlJazeeraBK">{{cite web|title=Outrage in Bosnia, Kosovo over Peter Handke's Nobel prize win|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/outrage-bosnia-kosovo-peter-handke-nobel-prize-win-191010183645296.html|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=11 October 2019|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref> He is a member of the Serbian Orthodox Church.<ref name="Traynor">Ian Traynor:
[https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/apr/21/features11.g28 Stand up if you support the Serbs / Austrian writer Peter Handke does, and his pro-Milosevic stance has enraged fellow artists.] ''[[The Guardian]]'', 21 April 1999</ref><ref>James Smyth: [https://jsmyth.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/handke/ Handke in Another Tempo] wordpress.com</ref>

As of early November 2019, there was an official investigation by the relevant authorities into whether Handke may have automatically lost his [[Austrian citizenship]] upon obtaining a Yugoslav passport and nationality in the late 1990s.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://apnews.com/c5501b12c92d47b9945957141d14fbdc  |title=Nobel Prize Winner Handke Admits Having Yugoslav Passport |date=8 November 2019 |work=The Associated Press |agency=AP |access-date=25 November 2019}}</ref>