Salman Rushdie was given the €15,000 (about $16,700) 2024 Halldór Laxness International Literary Prize, whcih honors Iceland's Nobel Laureate in Literature and is awarded biannually to a writer who, "through their works, has renewed the narrative art--echoing the very grounds on which Laxness himself was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1955."
Stella Soffía Jóhannesdóttir, director of the Reykjavík International Literary Festival and chairman of the prize selection committee, said, "Salman Rushdie's work embodies the spirit of literary innovation and cultural dialogue that the Halldór Laxness Prize seeks to honor. His stories resonate across borders, reminding us of the universal power of literature."