World 13 Aug 2022 | 09:15 AM

Iran's hardline newspapers praise Salman Rushdie's attacker

(Reuters) -Several hardline Iranian newspapers heaped praise on Saturday on the person who attacked and seriously wounded author Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" had drawn death threats from Iran since 1989.

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Books 2 Apr 2025 | 12:11 PM

Salman Rushdie's first fiction since his stabbing will be out in November

Rushdie's 'The Eleventh Hour', a collection of five interlinked tales on life's final moments, arrives on Nov 4

World 10 Feb 2025 | 12:06 PM

Salman Rushdie, 'The Satanic Verses' author, to face attacker in attempted murder trial

MAYVILLE, New York (Reuters) - A jury will hear attorneys' opening statements on Monday in the trial of Hadi Matar, who is charged with attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie at a New York lecture.

World 11 Feb 2025 | 04:07 PM

Novelist Salman Rushdie faces his accused stabber in New York courtroom

MAYVILLE, New York (Reuters) - Salman Rushdie spoke calmly and with occasional dry humor as he testified on Tuesday against the man accused of trying to murder him, the first time the two have been in the same place since the 2022 knife attack on the novelist onstage at a New York arts institute.

World 4 Feb 2025 | 12:16 PM

Trial of man in Salman Rushdie stabbing begins with jury selection

(Reuters) - The trial of the man charged with attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie at a New York lecture is due to begin on Tuesday with jury selection.

Books 6 Sept 2024 | 03:23 AM

Salman Rushdie's memoir of his attack shortlisted for top nonfiction prize

Rushdie’s memoir 'Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder' is among 12 books on the long list for the Baillie Gifford Prize

World 24 July 2024 | 05:28 PM

Salman Rushdie's alleged attacker faces federal terrorism charges

(Reuters) - The man accused of attempting to kill author Salman Rushdie in New York two years ago now faces federal terrorism charges for his alleged support of Hezbollah, according to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday.

Books 15 Apr 2024 | 09:51 AM

Salman Rushdie's forthcoming memoir 'Knife' will detail his stabbing incident

'Knife' offers a compelling narrative of survival and healing by acclaimed author and Booker Prize laureate Salman Rushdie

Books 17 Apr 2024 | 07:00 AM

Salman Rushdie's 'Knife' is unflinching about his brutal stabbing and uncanny in its vital spirit

In Salman Rushdie's first book since the 2022 stabbing that hospitalised him and left him blind in one eye, the author wastes no time reliving the day he thought might be his last.

Books 23 Mar 2024 | 07:00 AM

AI only poses threat to unoriginal writers, says author Salman Rushdie

Rushdie said he tested ChatGPT by asking it to write 200 words in his style, and described the results as 'a bunch of nonsense'.

India 8 Nov 2024 | 11:00 PM

Loophole ends ban on book by Rushdie

A COURT has ended a decades-old ban on the controversial novel The Satanic Verses by author Salman Rushdie (pic) after authorities were unable to locate the original order restricting its imports.

Books 12 Oct 2023 | 10:00 AM

Salman Rushdie is releasing a book about stabbing attack

Salman Rushdie has a memoir coming out about the horrifying attack that left him blind in his right eye and with a damaged left hand

Books 15 Nov 2023 | 01:45 PM

Salman Rushdie receives first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award

The acclaimed author received the first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award, presented by the Vaclav Havel Centre in New York

Books 19 June 2023 | 11:48 AM

Salman Rushdie awarded prestigious German prize for his literary work, resolve

The Peace Prize of the German Book Trade said the British-American author would receive the award in Frankfurt on Oct 22

World 21 Feb 2023 | 07:24 AM

Iranian foundation offers land to Salman Rushdie's attacker - state media

DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian foundation has praised the man who attacked novelist Salman Rushdie last year, leaving him severely injured, and said it will reward him with 1,000 square metres of agricultural land, state TV reported on Tuesday through its Telegram channel.

World 28 Oct 2022 | 02:53 PM

U.S. imposes sanctions on Iran-based foundation over Salman Rushdie bounty

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an Iranian foundation it accused of issuing a multi-million dollar bounty for the killing of novelist Salman Rushdie, who was attacked at an event in August.

Books 6 Feb 2023 | 05:00 AM

Salman Rushdie releases new novel 'Victory City', six months after knife attack

Six months after being stabbed, British author Salman Rushdie on Tuesday publishes his new novel 'Victory City', an "epic tale" of a 14th-century woman who defies a patriarchal world to rule a city.

Books 20 Feb 2023 | 09:00 AM

Salman Rushdie condemns 'absurd censorship' of rewritten Roald Dahl books

Rushdie and other critics have rejected the notion that Roald Dahl's children's books needed to be rewritten for a modern audience.

World 12 Aug 2022 | 03:31 PM

Salman Rushdie, novelist who drew death threats, on ventilator after New York stabbing

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him because of his writing, was stabbed in the neck and torso onstage at a lecture in New York state on Friday and airlifted to a hospital, police said.

World 12 Aug 2022 | 05:04 PM

Reactions to the attack on writer Salman Rushdie

(Reuters) -Here are reactions to Friday's attack on novelist Salman Rushdie.

World 13 Aug 2022 | 09:15 AM

Iran's hardline newspapers praise Salman Rushdie's attacker

(Reuters) -Several hardline Iranian newspapers heaped praise on Saturday on the person who attacked and seriously wounded author Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" had drawn death threats from Iran since 1989.

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