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Joseph Anton: A Memoir is an autobiographical book by the British Indian writer Salman Rushdie, first published in September 2012 by Random House. [1] Rushdie recounts his time in hiding from ongoing threats to his life . Rushdie's 1988 novel The Satanic Verses had led to a widespread controversy among Muslims, prompting the 1989 fatwa issued ...
Salman Rushdie. Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie CH FRSL ( / sʌlˈmɑːn ˈrʊʃdi /; [ 2] born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British-American novelist. [ 3] His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the ...
Attempted second-degree murder. second-degree assault. On August 12, 2022, novelist Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times as he was about to give a public lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, United States. [4] [5] [6] A 24-year-old suspect, Hadi Matar, was arrested directly and charged the following day with ...
In 2012, Rushdie published a memoir, “Joseph Anton,” about his life in hiding following the Iranian fatwa. The title came from the pseudonym Rushdie used for nine years. With News Wire Services
Rushdie wrote at length, and in the third person, about the fatwa in his 2012 memoir “Joseph Anton.” “This doesn’t feel third-person-ish to me,” Rushdie said of the 2022 attack in the ...
The Satanic Verses controversy, also known as the Rushdie Affair, was a controversy sparked by the 1988 publication of Salman Rushdie 's novel The Satanic Verses. It centered on the novel's references to the Satanic Verses ( apocryphal verses of the Quran), and came to include a larger debate about censorship and religious violence.
Luka and the Fire of Life is a novel by Salman Rushdie. It was published by Jonathan Cape (UK) and Random House (US) in 2010. [1] It is the sequel to Haroun and the Sea of Stories. [2] Rushdie has said "he turned to the world of video games for inspiration" and that "he wrote the book for his 13-year-old son".
'Top Chef' host Padma Lakshmi says she's relieved that her ex-husband, author Salman Rushdie, is pulling through after Friday's attack in New York.