Atwood - joint winner of Booker PrizeArchived Message
Posted by Mary on October 15, 2019, 8:31 am
This was in 2010 -
'Margaret Atwood Cashes In by Jennifer Matsui / May 17th, 2010 Novelist Margaret Atwood’s decision to travel to Tel Aviv to share a literary prize worth a million dollars has ignited a controversy in which the septuagenarian author and vice-president of the literary human rights organization PEN International has come under fire by Palestinian rights activists. Ms Atwood’s acceptance of the Dan David Prize, whose previous laureates include Al Gore and Tony Blair, is viewed by Ms Atwood’s critics as a betrayal to the ideals she supposedly represents, and an unwitting endorsement of Israel’s race exclusive policies. /.. https://dissidentvoice.org/2010/05/margaret-atwood-cashes-in/
I don't think it's all about the money. It's what she stands for although I hear she rowed back a little after her visit to Tel Aviv by criticizing the Israelis' treatment of Palestinians in a Ha'aretz article.