Nobel Prize for literature: Handke never thought they would choose him

Peter Handke, bel Prize winner for Literature in 2019, said that he was “astonished” to receive award. Austrian author was given prize “for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored periphery and specificity of human experience.” Handke, a famous but controversial figure for his denial of Serbian massacre at Srebrenica, told reporters" 

“I never thought y would choose me”. velist and playwright furr said, “It was very courous by Swedish Acemy, this kind of decision. se are good people.”

Handke, in a telephonic interview for bel Prize website, said that everything is created to be annihilated, it was periphery for a long time. “re was ideology of periphery, but I felt it my place," he ded.

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Extensive contribution as velist and playwright

Peter Handke, born in Kärnten region in sourn Austria in 1942, dropped out of college after his first book Die Hornissen (1966), an experimental “double fiction”, got published. Handke has contributed extensively in field of vels, essays, dramatic works and screenplays.

“More than fifty years later, having produced a great number of works in different genres, 2019 Literature Laureate Peter Handke has established himself as one of most influential writers in Europe after Second World War,” tweeted bel Prize official account.

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Criticism of decision

decision of Swedish Acemy has been criticised by several politicians of Balkan countries. Albania Prime Minister Edi Rama said that he “never thought would feel to vomit because of a bel Prize”. Acting Foreign Minister of Albania Gent Cakaj said that he was appalled by decision to award bel Prize in literature to a “gecide denier”. President of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi tweeted:

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(With AP Inputs)