Salman Rushdie. His work often combines magical realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, set on the Indian subcontinent. Salman Rushdie was attacked at a Chautauqua Institution panel in western New York on Friday. Salman Rushdie — a celebrated author and winner of the world's top literary prizes whose writings generated death threats — was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck on stage Friday.
The New York State Police said Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck and said his.
Friday: Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator after being attacked as he was about to deliver a lecture in western New York on Friday.
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Author Salman Rushdie, who suffered years of Islamist death threats after writing The Satanic Verses, has been stabbed on stage in New York state. The man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie has been charged with attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the second degree. Salman Rushdie — a celebrated author and winner of the world's top literary prizes whose writings generated death threats — was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck on stage Friday. Famed author Salman Rushdie, who has endured death threats from extremists for decades, was stabbed Friday before a scheduled lecture in western New York, authorities said. Mr Rushdie said the main thrust of his novel was to examine the immigrant experience, but some Muslims were offended by portrayals of the Prophet Muhammad and the questioning of the nature of the revelation of the Quran as the word of God.
A day after Salman Rushdie was stabbed Friday by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York, details were emerging about the suspect. The man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie has been charged with attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the second degree. Salman Rushdie will likely lose an eye after attack, agent says.
The man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie has been charged with attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the second degree. His work often combines magical realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, set on the Indian subcontinent. The only son of a wealthy Indian businessman and a school teacher, Rushdie was educated at a Bombay private. His treatment of sensitive religious and political subjects made him a controversial figure. Author Salman Rushdie, who suffered years of Islamist death threats after writing The Satanic Verses, has been attacked on stage in New York state.
Salman Rushdie, whose novel The Satanic Verses drew death threats from Iran's leader, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York. Author Salman Rushdie, who suffered years of Islamist death threats after writing The Satanic Verses, has been attacked on stage in New York state. Salman Rushdie — a celebrated author and winner of the world's top literary prizes whose writings generated death threats — was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck on stage Friday.
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