8 minutes agoNobelist Handke avoids words about genocide in speech
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The Nobel Prize for Literature laureate in 2019, Controvers writer Peter Handke, delivered an inaugural lecture Saturday evening before the Swedish Academy. The 77-year-old, who is well-known for co-signing the Dashira Wings, is accused of supporting Slobodan Milosevic's genocide regime and denying the extent of Serbian terror [...]
The 77-year-old, who is well-known for co-signing the Dashira Wings, is accused of supporting Slobodan Milosevic's genocide regime and denying the extent of Serbian terror in the 1990s wars in the former Yugoslavia.
Since the October awards announcement, international writers and human rights activists have called for academics to change their minds. Two members of the Nobel committee have resigned, while others -- including former permanent secretary, Peter Englund -- have refused to participate, writes The Guardian, translates Periscopi.
The award has been especially attacked in Kosovo, which suffered greatly from the Serbian regime in the 1998-99 war.
On Saturday, the Kosovo government had announced it would boycott Tuesday's formal ceremony, while today the Albanian Embassy in Sweden did the same.
Handke gave a talk today without direct reference to things that made him the target of criticism.
He mentioned that his long creative career was inspired not only by books but also by pictures and movies. He also mentioned Johnny Cash's music, Leonard Cohen and Bob Marley. /Periscope
