VIENNA – Austrian writer and poet Elfriede Jelinek said she was surprised and honoured by the 2004 Nobel Literature Prize she won yesterday but was too ill to go to Sweden to receive it.
She told Swedish radio that to her the prize was “surprising and a great honour,” the Austrian news agency APA reported. But she said she was too ill to travel to Stockholm for the award ceremony.”I cannot at this time deal with people,” she said.Jelinek, who is the first Nobel literature laureate from Austria, said she did not see the prize as “a feather in Austria’s cap.”- Nampa-AFPBut she said she was too ill to travel to Stockholm for the award ceremony.”I cannot at this time deal with people,” she said.Jelinek, who is the first Nobel literature laureate from Austria, said she did not see the prize as “a feather in Austria’s cap.”- Nampa-AFP
