‘I remember thinking I was dying’: Salman Rushdie relives brutal knife attack in 2022
11 months, 1 week ago

‘I remember thinking I was dying’: Salman Rushdie relives brutal knife attack in 2022

The Hindu  

Mumbai-born Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie has spoken in gruesome detail about the moment he was attacked by a knifeman on stage in New York in 2022, and said he thought he was dying as his left eye hung down his face “like a soft-boiled egg”. In an interview with the BBC ahead of the release of his detailed account of the attack in ‘Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder’ this week, the author admitted that losing an eye is something that "upsets me every day" and that the memoir was his way of fighting back against what happened. Editorial | The power of words: On the assault on Salman Rushdie Rushdie recounted how his attacker came "sprinting up the stairs" and stabbed him 12 times in an attack lasting 27 seconds. The New York-based novelist, knighted by the late Queen Elizabeth II for services to literature, admitted he had thought someone might "jump out of an audience" one day.

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Interviewer who tried to stop knife attack on novelist Salman Rushdie initially thought it was a prankk
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Interviewer who tried to stop knife attack on novelist Salman Rushdie initially thought it was a prankk

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The interviewer who tried …

‘I Was Dying’: Salman Rushdie Testifies Against Alleged Assailant In Harrowing Detail
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘I Was Dying’: Salman Rushdie Testifies Against Alleged Assailant In Harrowing Detail

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Salman Rushdie, appearing before a New York court Tuesday, recalled believing that he was dying as he lay in a pool of blood following his repeated “stabbing and slashing” by a then-unknown assailant at an arts institute in 2022. via Associated Press “He hit me very hard around my jawline and neck,” Rushdie said, recalling the first …

Salman Rushdie stabbing trial: Excerpts from Satanic Verses author’s testimony about harrowing knife attack
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Salman Rushdie stabbing trial: Excerpts from Satanic Verses author’s testimony about harrowing knife attack

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Hitting and slashing.” “I was struggling to get …

Man who attacked author Salman Rushdie charged with supporting terrorist group
8 months ago

Man who attacked author Salman Rushdie charged with supporting terrorist group

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A man who severely injured …

'Knife' book review: Chronicle of an attack retold
10 months, 3 weeks ago

'Knife' book review: Chronicle of an attack retold

New Indian Express  

The book’s tagline reads: meditations after an attempted murder. The opening line of Knife is hard to beat: “At a quarter to eleven on August 12, 2022, on a sunny Friday morning in upstate New York, I was attacked and almost killed by a young man with a knife just after I came out on stage at the amphitheater in …

Review: Knife by Salman Rushdie
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Review: Knife by Salman Rushdie

Hindustan Times  

A poem cannot stop a bullet. * If one wishes to cogently grasp Salman Rushdie’s non-fiction arc — I would strongly recommend the readers to first read Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991; Step Across This Line: Collected Non-fiction 1992-2002; Language of Truth: Essays 2003-2020; and Joseph Anton: A Memoir in which he looks back on the fatwa, the death …

Salman Rushdie’s ‘Knife’: The aftermath of an attack
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Salman Rushdie’s ‘Knife’: The aftermath of an attack

Live Mint  

Salman Rushdie’s new book, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, hinges on the vicious knife attack he survived on 12 August 2022 in Chautauqua, upstate New York. In the writer’s words, this is a book about “The Knife as an idea,” not just a weapon that has been used to silence writers and artists who speak truth to power. Like …

Salman Rushdie tells of the violent attack that nearly killed him in memoir 'Knife'
11 months, 1 week ago

Salman Rushdie tells of the violent attack that nearly killed him in memoir 'Knife'

NPR  

Salman Rushdie tells of the violent attack that nearly killed him in memoir 'Knife' In his new memoir, Salman Rushdie writes about the young man who leapt from the audience and stabbed and almost killed him in August of 2022. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In Salman Rushdie's new memoir, there is a clear villain. It's a young man wielding a …

Watch: Salman Rushdie on the moment he was attacked on stage, and why he felt lonely
11 months, 1 week ago

Watch: Salman Rushdie on the moment he was attacked on stage, and why he felt lonely

NPR  

Watch: Salman Rushdie on the moment he was attacked on stage, and why he felt lonely Salman Rushdie is a writer. So when you ask him to tell the story of the day, in 2022, when he was attacked and nearly killed by a young man with a knife, Rushdie paints a vivid picture. "I thought, here I am in …

‘Nearness of death makes you feel great loneliness’, says Salman Rushdie in memoir ‘Knife’ — top 10 things to know
11 months, 1 week ago

‘Nearness of death makes you feel great loneliness’, says Salman Rushdie in memoir ‘Knife’ — top 10 things to know

Live Mint  

British-American author Salman Rushdie has released his much-awaited memoir "Knife" today, recounting the harrowing experience of being stabbed at a public event in 2022 and how he overcame the near-fatal ordeal. Originally from India and now a naturalized American residing in New York, Rushdie gained global attention as a champion of free speech following death threats spurred by his controversial …

Salman Rushdie’s ‘Knife’ is unflinching about his brutal stabbing and uncanny in its vital spirit
11 months, 1 week ago

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

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In Salman Rushdie’s first book since the 2022 stabbing that hospitalized him and left him blind in one eye, the author wastes no time reliving the day he thought might be his last. “Knife” is also his first memoir since “Joseph Anton,” the 2012 publication in which he looked back on the fatwa, the death decree, issued …

'Why didn't I fight…?': Salman Rushdie relives brutal knife attack in new memoir
11 months, 1 week ago

'Why didn't I fight…?': Salman Rushdie relives brutal knife attack in new memoir

Hindustan Times  

British-American author Salman Rushdie, who was attacked with a knife at a public event in 2022 that left him blind in one eye, recounted the incident in his new memoir ‘Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder’ which hits stores on Tuesday, April 16. The Indian-born author, a naturalised American based in New York, has faced death threats since his 1988 …

Salman Rushdie: Knife author dreamt about being stabbed just days before the attack
11 months, 1 week ago

Salman Rushdie: Knife author dreamt about being stabbed just days before the attack

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Salman Rushdie has laid bare his horror at lying in …

Salman Rushdie, Knife review: Author’s moving, sardonic memoir is not for the squeamish
11 months, 1 week ago

Salman Rushdie, Knife review: Author’s moving, sardonic memoir is not for the squeamish

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Reading the book in the immediate aftermath of the …

Salman Rushdie: Knife author says it ‘may be impossible’ for him to stay in the US if Trump is re-elected
11 months, 1 week ago

Salman Rushdie: Knife author says it ‘may be impossible’ for him to stay in the US if Trump is re-elected

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Salman Rushdie has said it …

Salman Rushdie is writing a ‘necessary book’ about his 2022 stabbing
1 year, 5 months ago

Salman Rushdie is writing a ‘necessary book’ about his 2022 stabbing

LA Times  

Author Salman Rushdie’s next book will focus on the near-fatal public attack on him in 2022. On Wednesday Rushdie announced that his next book will be a memoir, “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder,” to be released in the U.S. by Penguin Random House on April 16. “Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic …

On stabbing incident, Salman Rushdie says he is 'more or less OK' but faces this dilemma
1 year, 8 months ago

On stabbing incident, Salman Rushdie says he is 'more or less OK' but faces this dilemma

Hindustan Times  

Booker prize-winning author Salman Rushdie said that he still has “crazy dreams” about the knife attack that he endured in New York, which left him blind in one eye. Speaking to the BBC, Salman Rushdie said he was in "two minds" about whether to face his alleged attacker or not. I have crazy dreams," the novelist said, adding, “If he …

‘Struggle continues’: Salman Rushdie discusses knife attack
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Struggle continues’: Salman Rushdie discusses knife attack

Al Jazeera  

Award-winning novelist speaks at a New York gala in his first public appearance since he was attacked onstage last year. British writer Salman Rushdie has attended a New York gala in his first public appearance since a knife attack nearly took his life last year. The award-winning novelist, a naturalized American who has lived in New York for 20 years, …

Salman Rushdie launches new novel, gives first interview after knife attack
2 years, 1 month ago

Salman Rushdie launches new novel, gives first interview after knife attack

Live Mint  

Author Salman Rushdie has launched his new novel called "Victory City" on Tuesday, nearly six months after a man repeatedly stabbed the writer onstage during a lecture in New York state. In his first interview since the stabbing, the writer revealed that he finds it "very difficult" to write. The attack happened more than three decades after Iran instructed Muslims …

Salman Rushdie Says He’s Grateful, ‘Can’t Regret’ His Life After Stabbing
2 years, 1 month ago

Salman Rushdie Says He’s Grateful, ‘Can’t Regret’ His Life After Stabbing

Huff Post  

Salman Rushdie, seen here in 2020, said in an interview published Monday that he lost 40 pounds and vision in his right eye, and he suffered nerve damage in his left hand after being stabbed at a literary event last August. Sean Zanni via Getty Images Salman Rushdie said he feels overwhelmingly grateful and eager to keep writing, saying “you …

Salman Rushdie gives first interview since 2022 stabbing
2 years, 1 month ago

Salman Rushdie gives first interview since 2022 stabbing

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Months after being stabbed repeatedly as he prepared to give a lecture, Salman Rushdie is blind in his right eye, struggles to write and, at times, has “frightening” nightmares. “Well, you know, I’ve been better,” he told The New Yorker’s David Remnick during an interview published Monday. The ulnar nerve in his left hand was badly damaged.” …

Salman Rushdie did not want to be the apostle for freedom of expression. He just wanted to tell stories
2 years, 7 months ago

Salman Rushdie did not want to be the apostle for freedom of expression. He just wanted to tell stories

The Hindu  

What you were is forever who you are. — Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children When literary festival organisers in India baulked at inviting Salman Rushdie, I, like many advocates of freedom of expression, would react with righteous indignation. Writers, artists and filmmakers across the globe should be inspired by his example, and perhaps Indian writers, artists and filmmakers most of all”Ramachandra …

Salman Rushdie Pulls Through Brutal Attack With 'Humour Intact' as US Hails His 'Truth & Courage'
2 years, 7 months ago

Salman Rushdie Pulls Through Brutal Attack With 'Humour Intact' as US Hails His 'Truth & Courage'

News 18  

Salman Rushdie is pulling through and has his feisty and defiant sense of humour intact despite battling severe, life-changing injuries, his son and former wife Padma Lakshmi said on Sunday, two days after the Mumbai-born author was stabbed in what US authorities described as a “targeted, preplanned” attack. Rushdie, who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing “The Satanic …

The senseless attack on Salman Rushdie forces us to confront our values
2 years, 7 months ago

The senseless attack on Salman Rushdie forces us to confront our values

The Independent  

As the author Sir Salman Rushdie begins his road to recovery after suffering a horrendous knife attack in New York last Friday, discourse has turned to the protection of free expression from violence and intimidation. As our editorial on Saturday states: “We have always been resolute in our condemnation of violence as a reaction to words, ideas or images that …

Sir Salman Rushdie’s feisty sense of humour remains intact, family says
2 years, 7 months ago

Sir Salman Rushdie’s feisty sense of humour remains intact, family says

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Salman Rushdie suffered severe, life-changing injuries but his “usual …

Salman Rushdie off ventilator and talking after stabbing
2 years, 7 months ago

Salman Rushdie off ventilator and talking after stabbing

Al Jazeera  

The novelist remains hospitalised with serious injuries but is now off life support and able to talk, says his agent. Rushdie, 75, remained hospitalised with serious injuries on Sunday but fellow author Aatish Taseer tweeted he was “off the ventilator and talking ”. ‘Universal ideals’ Rushdie – who for more than 30 years has faced death threats for his book …

Salman Rushdie’s family ‘extremely relieved’ he’s off ventilator
2 years, 7 months ago

Salman Rushdie’s family ‘extremely relieved’ he’s off ventilator

Al Jazeera  

Rushdie’s son says his father remains in a critical condition with ‘life-changing’ wounds after being repeatedly stabbed at a literary event in New York state in the US. The family of Salman Rushdie said it was “extremely relieved” the renowned British author had been taken off a ventilator following his stabbing two days prior, and he retained his “defiant sense …

Salman Rushdie’s attacker pleads not guilty
2 years, 7 months ago

Salman Rushdie’s attacker pleads not guilty

The Hindu  

The man accused in the stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie pleaded not guilty on August 13 to attempted murder and assault charges in what a prosecutor called a “preplanned” crime, as the renowned author of The Satanic Verses remained hospitalised with serious injuries. Writer and longtime friend Ian McEwan called Mr. Rushdie “an inspirational defender of persecuted writers and journalists …

JK Rowling gets DEATH THREAT from Islamist after Salman Rushdie attack
2 years, 7 months ago

JK Rowling gets DEATH THREAT from Islamist after Salman Rushdie attack

Daily Mail  

JK Rowling's death threat from an Iran-supporting Islamic extremist did not violate Twitter's rules after the vile troll warned 'you are next' in response to her support of stabbed author Salman Rushdie. She received the chilling reply: 'Don't worry you are next' The Harry Potter writer and free speech campaigner - who has been pilloried by trans activists for her …

Attack on Salman Rushdie is \'appalling\', says White House NSA Jake Sullivan
2 years, 7 months ago

Attack on Salman Rushdie is \'appalling\', says White House NSA Jake Sullivan

Deccan Chronicle  

WASHINGTON: The attempt on the life of renowned writer Salman Rushdie is “appalling” and “reprehensible”, US National Security Advisor James Sullivan has said. Rushdie, who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing “The Satanic Verses”, was stabbed by a 24-year-old New Jersey resident identified as Hadi Matar on stage on Friday while he was being introduced at the event …

Salman Rushdie once complained about ‘too much security’ around him: Report
2 years, 7 months ago

Salman Rushdie once complained about ‘too much security’ around him: Report

The Hindu  

Salman Rushdie, who was attacked and stabbed on stage at a literary event, has previously complained about having too much security around him, according to a media report on August 13, 2022. The Mumbai-born writer, who faced death threats for years after writing "The Satanic Verses", was stabbed by a 24-year-old New Jersey resident identified as Hadi Matar on stage …

Praise, worry in Iran after Salman Rushdie attack; government quiet
2 years, 7 months ago

Praise, worry in Iran after Salman Rushdie attack; government quiet

The Hindu  

Iranians reacted with praise and worry on Saturday over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie, the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death. “I don’t know Salman Rushdie, but I am happy to hear that he was attacked since he insulted Islam,” said Reza Amiri, a 27-year-old deliveryman. “This will …

Salman Rushdie: Boris Johnson and other political figures react to author’s stabbing
2 years, 7 months ago

Salman Rushdie: Boris Johnson and other political figures react to author’s stabbing

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Reacting to news of the attack, prime minister Boris Johnson tweeted: “Appalled that Sir …

Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after attack in New York
2 years, 7 months ago

Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after attack in New York

Al Jazeera  

Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and abdomen as he was being introduced to the audience at a literary event. Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born British author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, has been stabbed as he was about to give a lecture in southwestern New York state. — Boris Johnson August 12, 2022 Pen …

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