- James Joyce Award
The James Joyce Award is an award given by the
Literary and Historical Society (L&H) ofUniversity College Dublin (UCD) for those who have achieved outstanding success in their given field. It is named after one of the society's alumni,James Joyce , author of the novels such asDubliners ,Ulysses ,A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man andFinnegans Wake .Joyce and the L&H
Joyce was an a student in UCD from 1898 to 1903, where he studied modern languages. In 1900, he presented a paper "Drama and Life" to the society. He also ran for the top position of auditor twice, but failed to be elected on both occassions.
ome past recipients of the Award
From previous sessions:
*Hans Blix - Former Chief UN Weapons inspectorcite web | url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22830743/ | title=Will Ferrell wins James Joyce Award | publisher=MSNBC | date=24, January 2008 | accessdate=2008-09-30]
*Rory Bremner - British satirist cite web | url=http://74.125.39.104/search?q=cache:K2Cawtlwt3MJ:www.ucd.ie/lnh/events | title=Google Cache of L&H Events Page | publisher=L&H | accessdate=2008-09-30]
*Bill Bryson - Writercite web | url=http://www.trinitynews.ie/articles.php?tn=1&issue=15&id=755 | title=James Joyce Award lures... | publisher=Trinity News | date=25, January 2008 | accessdate=2008-09-30]
*Noam Chomsky - Academic and theoristcite web | url=http://www.ucd.ie/news/jan06/011306_chomsky.htm | title=UCD News | publisher=UCD | date=13, January 2006 | accessdate=2008-09-30]
*Robin Cook - British politician
* F.W. de Klerk - Former South African President
*Will Ferrell - Comedian and actorcite web | url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22830743/ | title=Will Ferrell wins James Joyce Award | publisher=MSNBC | date=24, January 2008 | accessdate=2008-09-30]
*George Galloway - British politician
*John Howard - Former Australian Prime Minister
*John Hume - Nobel Laureate and Northern Irish politician
*Eddie Izzard - Comedian
*Jesse Jackson - US Civil Rights Advocate
*Gary Lineker - Television host and former England soccer captain
* Sir George Martin - Producer ofThe Beatles
*John Nash - Nobel Laureate mathematician
*Johan Norberg - Swedish economist and writer
*Michael Palin -Monty Python member
*JK Rowling - Writer of theHarry Potter series
* Sir Salman Rushdie - Writer andBooker Prize winner cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7662792.stm | title=WAuthor Rushdie wins Joyce Award | publisher=BBC | date=10, October 2008 | accessdate=2008-10-10]
*Richard Swinburne - British philosopher
*Sue Townsend -Writer
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