Peter Handke is one of Austria’s leading contemporary writers. Born in Griffen, Austria, in 1942, he published his first novel in 1960 and went on to become an internationally acclaimed author of prose, plays and poetry. He worked with the director Wim Wenders on the film version of his novel The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, and co-wrote the screen play for Wings of Desire. His novels have been translated into over fifteen languages and his plays have been performed around the world. Previous works include: Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter (Suhrkamp, 1970, published in English by Farrar, Strauss & Giroux as The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick); Versuch über die Jukebox (Suhrkamp, 1990, published in English by Farrar, Strauss & Giroux as The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling); Mein Jahr in dem Niemandsbucht (Suhrkamp, 1996, published in English by Farrar, Strauss & Giroux as My Year in the No-man’s Bay); In einer dunklen Nacht ging ich aus meinem stillen Haus (Suhrkamp, 1997, published in English by Farrar, Strauss & Giroux as On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House), Der Bildverlust (Suhrkamp, 2002, published in English by Farrar, Straus & Girox as The Loss of Images) Translation rights available from Suhrkamp Verlag Lindenstr. 29-35 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Tel: +49 69 75 601 233 E-mail: foreignrights@suhrkamp.de Contact: Petra Christina Hardt Applications for assistance with translation costs - Austria Suhrkamp Verlag was founded in 1950 by Peter Suhrkamp, who was joined in 1952 by Dr. Siegfried Unseld. The group now includes Insel Verlag (founded in 1902 in Leipzig), Deutscher Klassiker Verlag (established in 1981) and the Jüdischer Verlag (founded in 1902). Suhrkamp focuses on both contemporary literature and the humanities. Its distinguished list includes leading writers from Germany, Switzerland and Austria (many of whom made their debut with Suhrkamp), as well as major international authors including four Nobel Prize winners.