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Peter Handke poses in his garden after winning the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Chaville, near Paris, France. Reuters
Peter Handke poses in his garden after winning the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature, in Chaville, near Paris, France. Reuters
Nobel Prize ceremony marred over decision to give award to Peter Handke
Handke has courted controversy over his sympathy for the Serbs in the 1990s Yugoslav wars