The Nobel Prize winner's first reaction comes: I'm glad the Serbs are happy for me

I'm very surprised and very tired, we'll talk longer tomorrow. I want to say hello to all the people in Belgrade and Serbia, I feel your joy for the great recognition I got, thank you for that, and in my name tonight we will drink brandy and white wine”, he said of Radio Belgrade Second Programme, broadcast Klan Kosova.

News that Peter Handke won this year's Nobel for Literature has sparked numerous reactions as he is known as a supporter of “Cassap of the Balkans” Slobodan Milosevic.

Among them who have reacted is Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, the Kosovo Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Association of Writers in the United States and many others.