Saturday, January 28, 2012

Roald Dahl and CS Lewis among writers revealed to have refused honours

Book2Book- Friday 27 Jan 2012

List of authors to turn down OBEs, CBEs and knighthoods also includes Aldous Huxley, Robert Graves and Evelyn Waugh. Photo left - Roald Dahl.
 
BBC

Guardian

Footnote: NZ poet Renee Liang suggested to me that a high percentage seem to be authors - interesting to muse on the reasons why, and whether there might be an equivalent list in NZ.

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