Former Daily Show star Trevor Noah wins prestigious Dutch Erasmus Prize

South African comedian Trevor Noah will receive the Erasmus Prize this fall. According to the jury of the Dutch Praemium Erasmianum Foundation, Noah ‘acts with his enormous talent for mocking, linguistic and connecting political humor in an Erasmian spirit’. In doing so, he contributes to the theme ‘Praise of Folly’ after Erasmus’ most famous book.

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