Authors and notable figures condemn the brutal attack on Rushdie, calling it 'appalling,' 'senseless,' and 'utterly shocking.'
Salman Rushdie, novelist who drew death threats, on ventilator after New York stabbing“We can think of no comparable incident of a public attack on a literary writer on American soil. Just hours before the attack, on Friday morning, Salman had emailed me to help with placements for Ukrainian writers in need of safe refuge from the grave perils they face. Salman Rushdie has been targeted for his words for decades but has never flinched nor faltered.
Norwegian publisher William Nygaard, who was shot and severly wounded in 1993 after publishing Rushdie’s work:
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