James Joyce Award

James Joyce Award

The James Joyce Award is an award given by the Literary and Historical Society (L&H) of University 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 as Dubliners, Ulysses, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Finnegans 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 of The Beatles
* John Nash - Nobel Laureate mathematician
* Johan Norberg - Swedish economist and writer
* Michael Palin - Monty Python member
* JK Rowling - Writer of the Harry Potter series
* Sir Salman Rushdie - Writer and Booker 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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