Lady Antonia Fraser, who helped judge the prize, stated that: “Hanif Kureishi courageously and irreverently speaks the truth about life in our multicultural world, beyond any platitudes of political correctness. Harold Pinter would have been proud that Hanif was chosen for the prize in his name and that of PEN.”
Links:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/sep/16/hanif-kureishi-pen-harold-pinter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11342598
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/8007006/Hanif-Kureishi-awarded-PENPinter-Prize.html
