Summary
THERE are times when writers just can't win, even if they are rich and famous and have received prestigious prizes such as the Man Booker and the Whitbread. Take Ian McEwan, who has done pretty well for himself with books of the calibre of On Chesil Beach and Atonement. He's a well-known fellow and a writer of huge talent but last week he found himself mired in a controversy not of his own making.
His "crime" was to accept the Jerusalem Prize, Israel's highest literary honour for foreign writers. The judges were clearly impressed by McEwan's skills, describing him as "one of the most important writers of our time", but not all of his readers were equally impressed. This is an Israeli prize and Israel divides opinion as sharply as Moses did the Red Sea.See the full content of this document
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Mcewan Is Right to Ignore This Prize Fight
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