Salman Rushdie honoured with UCD Joyce prize

SALMAN RUSHDIE was last night honoured by one of Ireland’s oldest universities with an award in memory of writer James Joyce, his greatest inspiration.

Salman Rushdie honoured with UCD Joyce prize

Accepting the Joyce Award, Rushdie, whose controversial The Satanic Verses forced him into hiding for 10 years, praised the Ulysses author for teaching him to be daring in his writing.

“There is one thing I tried to learn from him [Joyce] which is a daring of language,” the Indian-born author said.

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