Once again the attempt, Peter Handke ended excel because of its literary qualities, in chaos. Prior to the award of the Ibsen Prize in Oslo the Austrians was denounced as fascist. The prize money he does not want to accept now.
The Austrian writer Peter Handke wants the prize money of 2.5 million Norwegian crowns connected to the Ibsen prize (306,000 euros) give away. The 71-year-old was booed at the award ceremony in Oslo on Sunday because of his pro-Serbian attitude of many demonstrators and called a fascist.
Handke was very affected by the reception, the chairman of the jury, Per Boye Hansen, the broadcaster NRK said on Monday. He would accept the award, the prize money but do not use for yourself. The Speaker of the Ibsen Prize, Anne Berentsen, confirmed Monday Handke will donate part of the money for the construction of a children’s swimming pool in Kosovo. What is left, he would return to the Norwegian State.
speech at the funeral of the Yugoslav ex-dictator Slobodan Milosevic
It is not the first time that the award Handke ends so unhappy. The poet and author has been criticized many times before for his pro-Serbian stance in the Balkan conflict. In his 1999 piece listed in Vienna “The journey in the dugout or the piece of film from the war” he had condemned the NATO action against Serbia. In 2006 he gave a speech at the funeral of former Yugoslav dictator Slobodan Milosevic.
the previously awarded Heinrich Heine Prize of the city of Dusseldorf he finally not adopted after heated debate. He assured then, never again to accept awards. The response donated to the debate Berlin Heinrich Heine Prize he accepted yet and donated the prize money of 50,000 euros a Serb enclave. As early as 1999 had Handke the prize money awarded him the 1973 Büchner Prize sent back in order not to lose its credibility, as he said at the time.
“I wanted them to see in the eyes”
in Oslo was not Handke the confrontation out of the way. Despite the fierce whistles and shouts he walked up to the angry people outside the National Theatre. “I wanted them to see in the eyes,” he later told the TV reporters. In his speeches he said the thing not to. The jury of the Ibsen Prize, who had selected the Austrians because of its unparalleled stage work, sharp criticism was exposed. Ivar Amundsen, the Honorary Consul for Bosnia-Herzegovina in Norway, demanded to withdraw the prize to Handke.
The jury said, however, Handke had the right to say what he thought. “The jury distances himself from accusations that he was a political extremist,” Boye Hansen said. All members were of the opinion that this does not disqualify him for the price
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