The British author was attacked as he was about to give a lecture in western New York:
Author Salman Rushdie was propelled into the spotlight with his second novel "Midnight's Children" in 1981, which won international praise and Britain's prestigious Booker Prize for its portrayal of post-independence India.British author Salman Rushdie, whose writings have made him the target of Iranian death threats, underwent emergency surgery on Friday after being repeatedly stabbed in the neck at a literary event in New York state.
This still image from a video shows a man, at left, being escorted from the stage as people tend to author Salman Rushdie, centre right, at the Chautauqua Institution, in Chautauqua, New York, on Friday, 12 August 2022.The attack occurred at the Chautauqua Institution, which hosts arts programs in a tranquil lakeside community 70 miles south of Buffalo city.
"To know that this happened here, and to see it -- it was horrific," he said. "What I saw today was the essence of intolerance." But his 1988 book "The Satanic Verses" brought attention beyond his imagination when it sparked a fatwa, or religious decree, calling for his death by Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.The novel was considered by some Muslims as disrespectful of the Prophet Mohammed.
He spent nearly a decade in hiding, moving houses repeatedly and being unable to tell his children where he lived.Mr Rushdie only began to emerge from his life on the run in the late 1990s after Iran in 1998 said it would not support his assassination. The fatwa failed to stifle Rushdie's writing and inspired his memoir "Joseph Anton," named after his alias while in hiding and written in the third person.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Salman Rushdie: New York police say author’s condition unknown after he was stabbed in neck – liveNew York state police say suspect has been taken into custody after stabbing author as he prepared to give speech in Chautauqua near Erie
Read more »
Salman Rushdie attacked onstage at New York eventAuthor was attacked by a man storming the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York
Read more »
Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New YorkSalman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, has been attacked as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. 9News
Read more »
Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New YorkSalman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, has been attacked as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. 9News
Read more »
Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage before lecture in New YorkA man attacks the acclaimed author who wrote The Satanic Verses, apparently stabbing him in the neck, as he was about to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution.
Read more »