The Moravian Night was written by what man whose nomination in the 2006 Heinrich Heine Prize caused a scandal?
Peter Handke Peter Handke (] ; born 6 December 1942) is an Austrian novelist, playwright and translator. His writings about the Yugoslav Wars and subsequent NATO bombing of Yugoslavia with criticism of the Western position and his speech at the funeral of Slobodan Milošević have caused controversy, and he has been widely described as an apologist for far-right Serbian nationalism. He has been awarded the Georg Büchner Prize, the Franz Kafka Prize and the International Ibsen Award; the latter award was extremely controversial and Handke was met by protesters in Oslo and widely described by critics in Norwegian media as a fascist with ties to war criminals. In 2006 his nomination for the Heinrich Heine Prize caused a scandal, and the prize was withdrawn due to his political views.
Karel Schwarzenberg Karel Schwarzenberg (] or Karel, Prince of Schwarzenberg, in Czech "Karel Jan Nepomuk Josef Norbert Bedřich Antonín Vratislav Menas kníže ze Schwarzenbergu", in German "Karl Johannes Nepomuk Josef Norbert Friedrich Antonius Wratislaw Menas Fürst zu Schwarzenberg"), 12th Prince Schwarzenberg (First Majorat) and 7th Prince Schwarzenberg (Second Majorat), Duke of Krumlov (born 10 December 1937) is a Czech politician, former leader of the TOP 09 Party and its candidate for President of the Czech Republic in the 2013 election. Currently, he serves as a Member of Parliament for Prague and as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Czech Parliament.