Psychiatric nurse wins Whitbread book prize

Title

Psychiatric nurse wins Whitbread book prize

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

25 Jan 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:15

Description

Sue Jameson reports on the Whitbread Book of the Year award, won by Paul Sayer, a first-time novelist and psychiatric nurse, for The Comfort of Madness.The book expected to win was The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. Rushdie comments on his controversial book and the impact it made on the Muslim world; judge Fay Weldon on judging and her support of Rushdie’s book; Paul Sayer reacts to winning.

Contributors

Sue Jameson; Salman Rushdie; Fay Weldon; Paul Sayer

Keywords

Books; Authors; Iran; Nurses; Freedom of expression; Literature; Mental diseases; Literary prizes; Muslims; Islamic law; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; The Comfort of Madness; Fatwa

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