Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts 2013

"I wholeheartedly thank the jury of the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts for having granted me this great and prestigious distinction. It is an extraordinary joy and satisfaction to be honoured with the greatest award of such an important cultural nation as Spain. I am deeply touched and hope that my future work will also make me worthy of this great honour."

Michael Haneke
Brussels, 9^th May 2013