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Desmond Hogan

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Desmond Hogan (born 10 December 1950) is an Irish writer. Awarded the 1977 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and 1980 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, his oeuvre comprises novels, plays, short stories and travel writing.   Visit his wikipedia page for a full biography.

  • Shout: Voices Against Censorship

    Shout: Voices Against Censorship

    14 January 1989 at 
    ICA (3)
    Audience member Paul Steeples, taken from www.juliemyers.org.uk: I remember going to an event protesting about censorship, mainly to see Tony Benn performing with Test Department (which he did, and it was good). Halfway through the evening, Salman Rushdie got up on stage and said he had been made the subject ...
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