Peter Handke versus Thomas Bernhard: Encounters at a crossroads with the great poets

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What connects and what separates Peter Handke and Thomas Bernhard? Answers are sought and found at the Thomas Bernhard Days in St. Veit.


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Author Thomas Bernhard and Burgtheater director Claus Peymann on the stage of the Burgtheater after the premiere of “Heldenplatz” in the Vienna Burgtheater. 4th November 1988.

The relationship between Peter Handke and Thomas Bernhard? More of an indirect matter. First, in the 1960s, the two of them watch each other with respect from a distance. Handke wrote a review on Bernhard’s “Disturbance”. Bernhard published his short story “Midland in Stilfs” in 1969 in an anthology edited by Handke. In the course of time, a competitive relationship grew.

This also had to do with the fact that the two developed into central authors at the Residenz and Suhrkamp publishers. Reinforced …

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Accessed on October 7th, 2021 at 6:04 am on https://www.sn.at/kultur/literatur/peter-handke-gegen-thomas-bernhard-begegungen-an-einer-kreuzung-mit-den-grossdichtern-110555647

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