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Who is Salman Rushdie?

Salman Rushdie, the author of "The Satanic Verses," was brutally attacked just as he was about to speak to an audience at the Chautauqua Institution. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

[ The Washington Post | 2022-08-12 22:05:09 UTC ]
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Salman Rushdie has written an epic fantasy novel.

Salman Rushdie—the former PEN America President and Booker Prize-winning author of Midnight’s Children, The Satanic Verses, and Joseph Anton—just sold a new novel, and it sounds like a doozy. Billed as a translation of an ancient Indian myth, Victory City—Rushdie’s fifteenth novel, his first... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-07-01 15:22:16 UTC ]
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From the Archive: March 3, 1989

In 1989, Iran’s ruler, Ayatollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie for writing The Satanic Verses. PW’s in-depth coverage looked at the industry’s response to this unprecedented situation. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-25 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible set to release The Satanic Verses

Audible is to release Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses this week, becoming the first platform to produce an audio version of the novel. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-05 14:47:11 UTC ]
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Iran threatens Frankfurt book fair boycott over Rushdie speech

Minister says The Satanic Verses author’s scheduled address next week ‘crosses one of our red lines’Iran is threatening to boycott the forthcoming Frankfurt book fair because organisers have invited Salman Rushdie to deliver the keynote address at the opening press conference. In February 1989,... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin blames 'intolerant' Indian laws for pulping of book

Publisher says it was forced to withdraw Wendy Doniger's book The Hindus because of law threatening jail for insults to religionPenguin India has said "intolerant and restrictive" Indian laws forced it to remove a book from sale after it tried to defend an American author's religious history... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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