Rushdie recounts a story about Samuel Beckett, another writer who survived a stabbing. Unlike Beckett, however, Rushdie never ...

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CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. — Prosecutors opened their case Monday against the man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie, arguing that a bevy of evidence will show the defendant had committed a ...

Rushdie, the author of 16 novels, is best known for Midnight’s Children (which won the Booker Prize and Best of the Booker), The Satanic Verses, and Quichotte (shortlisted for the Booker Prize).

NEW YORK, NY – Salman Rushdie’s memoir, ‘Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder,’ has been nominated for a National Book Award. This candid and resilient account of his 2022 stabbing ...

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Indian-origin writers and media personalities have significantly impacted global storytelling, reshaping fiction and amplifying marginalized voices. T ...

Titles banned, data deleted, the nation’s librarians sacked without explanation – Donald Trump’s war on books is a threat to ...

Mr. Shteyngart was once told he might be. With his sixth novel, “Vera, or Faith,” out now, he’s spent the last few years ...

Salman Rushdie’s Attacker Is Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison Hadi Matar, the defendant, said he believed Mr. Rushdie to be a hypocrite. His attack left the acclaimed author blind in one eye. By ...

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