Which literary prize did Handke controversially return in 1999?
Nobel Prize
Booker Prize
Georg Büchner Prize
Pulitzer Prize
Answer
In 1999, Handke controversially returned the Georg Büchner Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in German literature, to protest the bombing of Kosovo. He stated that he was "not willing to stand by and accept that the word'culture' should be used to legitimize the murder of innocent people." The decision sparked a debate in Germany about the role of the writer in times of war.
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