Handke, a fascist insults – saarbruecker-zeitung.de

Peter Handke

On Sunday has been awarded in Oslo by Ibsen price. Previously, protesters had called him because of his pro-Serbian stance as fascist. The prize money he will not use it for now. <- ! (Ver & ouml; ffentlicht September 23, 00:00) ->

Austrian writer Peter Handke wants the price associated with the Ibsen prize of 2.5 million Norwegian kroner (306,000 euros) to 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, said the chairman of the jury, Per Boye Hansen , the broadcaster NRK yesterday. He would accept the award, the prize money but do not use for yourself. The Speaker of the Ibsen Prize, Anne Berentsen, confirmed yesterday 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 Norway.

It is not the first time that an award Handke ends unhappily. The poet has been criticized many times before for his pro-Serbian stance in the Balkan conflict. In his 1999 piece “The journey in the dugout or the piece of film from the war” he had condemned the NATO action against Serbia. In 2006 he spoke at the funeral of the Yugoslav ex-dictator Slobodan Milosevic a speech.

the previously awarded Heinrich Heine Prize of the city of Dusseldorf, he did not attend after fierce debates. 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.

in Oslo went Handke confrontation not 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 said later. In his speeches, he did not speak of it. The jury of the Ibsen Prize, who had selected the Austrians because of its unparalleled stage work, sharp criticism was exposed. Ivar Amundsen, Honorary Consul for Bosnia-Herzegovina in Norway, demanded to withdraw the price. The jury answered, however, Handke had the right to say what he thinks.

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