美國筆會對2019諾貝爾文學奬的聲明：
PEN America issued the following statement today, from author and PEN America President Jennifer Egan, in response to the Swedish Academy’s choice of Peter Handke for the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature (along with Olga Tokarczuk):
PEN America does not generally comment on other institutions’ literary awards. We recognize that these decisions are subjective and that the criteria are not uniform. However, today’s announcement of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature to Peter Handke must be an exception. We are dumbfounded by the selection of a writer who has used his public voice to undercut historical truth and offer public succor to perpetrators of genocide, like former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. PEN America has been committed since the passage our 1948 PEN Charter to fighting against mendacious publication, deliberate falsehood, and distortion of facts. Our Charter further commits us to work to “dispel all hatreds and to champion the ideal of one humanity living in peace and equality.” We reject the decision that a writer who has persistently called into question thoroughly documented war crimes deserves to be celebrated for his “linguistic ingenuity.” At a moment of rising nationalism, autocratic leadership, and widespread disinformation around the world, the literary community deserves better than this. We deeply regret the Nobel Committee on Literature’s choice.
They’re not the only ones—Salman Rushdie, Hari Kunzru, Slavoj Žižek, and other literary figures have also expressed their dismay.
筆會（PEN）今天發表了以下聲明，作者和筆會（PEN）主席詹妮弗·埃根（Jennifer Egan）為回應瑞典科學院選擇彼得·漢德克（Peter Handke）贏得2019年諾貝爾文學獎（以及奧爾加·託卡丘克（Olga Tokarczuk））做出以下聲明：
PEN America通常不會對其他機構的文學獎發表評論。我們認識到這些決定是主觀的，標準也不統一。但是，今天向彼得·漢德克宣布2019年諾貝爾文學獎肯定是一個例外。選擇一位作家的舉動使我們感到震驚，這位作家用他的公開聲音來破壞歷史真相，並向種族滅絕的肇事者提供公共援助，例如前塞爾維亞總統斯洛博丹·米洛舍維奇和波斯尼亞塞族領導人拉多萬·卡拉季奇。自1948年的《筆會憲章》通過以來，美國筆會一直致力於打擊惡意發布，故意虛假和歪曲事實。我們的《憲章》進一步承諾我們努力“消除一切仇恨，捍衛一個人類在和平與平等中生活的理想。”我們拒絕這樣的決定，即一位一直飽受質疑的戰爭罪犯被充分記錄在案，而其罪行應受到表揚“語言的獨創性”。在民族主義抬頭，專制領導和世界各地廣泛傳播虛假信息的時刻，文學界應該比這更好。對於諾貝爾文學委員會的選擇，我們深表遺憾。
他們不是唯一的人-薩爾曼·拉什迪（Salman Rushdie），哈里·昆祖魯（Hari Kunzru），斯拉沃伊·齊澤克（SlavojŽižek），以及其他文學人物也表示了沮喪。
https://lithub.com/pen-america-expresses-deep-regret-over-peter-handkes-nobel-prize/?fbclid=IwAR3T3bwEYQ1Q7k7pVL3orVL6_wzt-JwGNEttrmYiw3vag5APrPkMdo-Etz0
