For what reason did Handke return his Georg Büchner Prize?
Protest Against the NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia
Disagreement with the Prize Committee
Unhappiness with the Prize Money
Lack of Recognition
Answer
Peter Handke is a famous Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1996, Handke returned his Georg Büchner Prize in protest against the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. He wrote a letter to the German Academy of Arts saying that he could not accept the prize in good conscience because the bombing had caused great suffering to innocent people.
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