(Following this post) This is so horribly plebiscitary.... I hate all these left-wing european intellectuals, their awards and theaters and universities... They're so much the greatest cowards in the world, who love to look heroic only if the majority of their minority is with them. And the politicians? There are no words to describe their idea of the world.

After being selected as this year's winner of the coveted Heinrich Heine Prize of the City of Düsseldorf, Austrian author Peter Handke has now been told he will not receive the award after all. After heated public criticism, the Düsseldorf City Council has announced it will revoke the prize. Read more

They shouldn't be entitled to give away awards, really. Only to receive them. "For having chosen the path of least resistance once again, this year the award goes to..."