Why not give it to Roman Abramovich, at least he made EPL more lively
2007-06-21 15:22:27 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
If Bono can get it, then anyone can get it
2007-06-21 15:30:01 · answer #1 · answered by lennyspall@sbcglobal.net 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, other people think he is a great writer, and he has written other stuff. Grimus, the acclaimed Midnight's Children (It won the Booker Prize for Fiction,the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (for fiction), an Arts Council Writers' Award and the English-Speaking Union Award, and in 1993 was judged to have been the 'Booker of Bookers', the best novel to have won the Booker Prize for Fiction in the award's 25-year history.), Shame (won the Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger ), THEN CAME SATANIC VERSES, children's book, Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Writers' Guild Award (Best Children's Book)), The Ground Beneath Her Feet, The Jaguar Smile, and more
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was made Distinguished Fellow in Literature at the University of East Anglia in 1995. He was awarded the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 1993 and the Aristeion Literary Prize in 1996, and has received eight honorary doctorates. He was elected to the Board of American PEN in 2002. The subjects in his new book, Step Across This Line: Collected Non-fiction 1992-2002 (2002), range from popular culture and football to twentieth-century literature and politics. Salman Rushdie is also co-author (with Tim Supple and Simon Reade) of the stage adaptation of Midnight's Children, premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2002.
He has a book out now called Shalimar The Clown.
2007-06-21 15:31:57 · answer #2 · answered by YahooAnswersIsFun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, for that matter, what about knighthood being offered to entertainers like Elton John, Paul McCartney or Anthony Hopkins? I'm not saying they are bad people, but they didn't stop Napolean at Waterloo either.
2007-06-21 16:34:28 · answer #3 · answered by Jesus Jones 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing that Salman Rushdie is guilty of is telling his definition of the truth, and if someones personal opinion infuriates the "EXTREMIST'S" well so be it.
WTF, are we trying to justify here the "TRUTH or Islamofacisim?? Who cares?? I do, and "FREEDOM" of speech is every man's God given right.
"God bless Britain, America and Israel, I stand with Israel ( and so does my family and friend's) till the end, whatever that may be? either eternal peace ( which we all want) or fight to the death in defense of what is written as
scripture in the "BIBLE". God bless Israel.
P.S and truth be told Benjamin Netanyahoo ( lol, please forgive the miss spelling's) is drop dead gorgeous and "ROCK'S big time"
GOD BLESS "MY" QUEEN.. OF THE UNITED KINGDOM..LONG MAY SHE REIGN.
2007-06-21 15:53:28 · answer #4 · answered by ~Celtic~Saltire~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salman Rushdie wrote a tremendous amount of drivel.
This apparently impresses the British.
2007-06-21 15:28:23 · answer #5 · answered by open4one 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
He p****d off the islamo fascists and made them show their true colours and refused to bow to their threats.
2007-06-21 15:28:38 · answer #6 · answered by kwilfort 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
He's an outstanding writer.
2007-06-21 15:30:53 · answer #7 · answered by daryavaush 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
stood up to a moslem death sentence...thats more than most brits have done lately
2007-06-21 15:28:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋