Category: Salman Rushdie

The Indian-born author, a naturalized American based in New York, has faced death threats since his 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses” was declared blasphemous by Iran’s supreme leader, making Rushdie a global symbol of free speech. After years of remaining unscathed, a knife-wielding assailant jumped on stage at an arts…

Tehran has denied any link with the attacker. The Indian-born author, a naturalized American based in New York, has faced death threats since his 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses” was declared blasphemous by Iran’s supreme leader. This made Rushdie a global symbol of free speech. Despite years remaining unscathed, a…

In an interview with the BBC, the 76-year-old British-American author revealed that he was stabbed up to 12 times by an accused individual while on stage in August 2022. The author admitted that losing an eye is something that “upsets me every day” and that his memoir, ‘Knife: Meditations After…