murakami haruki's jerusalem prize

My absolute favorite author*, Murakami Haruki, has received the Jerusalem Prize for his literature.
Here is the article from The Jerusalem Post.
Now here is the full, unedited text of his acceptance speech as transcribed by a reporter who was present at and recorded the acceptance speech.

Two conclusions:
  1. Murakami Haruki is and forever shall be The Man
  2. The Jerusalem Post has absolutely zero cohones
* Who also happens to be a good friend of My Man Roland

2 comments:

Yu-Ching said...

my favorite author too. wow, what a speech. thanks for sharing; he is THE MAN!

Myron said...

Well said! However, I am disappointed that a newspaper would edit ANYONE'S speech. If Israelis believe their actions in Gaza are justified, I cannot imagine why they would care about comments from a Japanese author.