Salman Rushdie

2022 - 10 - 23

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Salman Rushdie lives, but reportedly loses use of eye and hand (Politico)

Rushdie, 75, spent years in hiding after Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 edict, a fatwa, calling for his death after publication of his novel “ ...

a random person coming out of nowhere and attacking,” Wylie told El Pais. 8, 1980, hours after the singer had signed an autograph for Chapman. Over the past two decades, Rushdie has traveled freely.

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Salman Rushdie a perdu un oeil et l'usage d'une main (Le Devoir)

« Ses blessures étaient très profondes […] C'était une attaque brutale » mais « il va vivre », a-t-il ajouté, détaillant ainsi pour la première fois l'état de ...

Et il a environ 15 autres blessures à la poitrine et au torse », a déclaré Andrew Wylie à El Pais dans un entretien publié ce week-end. Il a eu trois blessures graves au cou. « Il a perdu la vue d’un oeil…

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Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and use of one hand after ... (CBC.ca)

Author Salman Rushdie was partially blind and could no longer use one of his hands after he was attacked on stage at a New York literary event in August, ...

And he has about 15 more wounds in his chest and torso." Some Muslims saw passages in the novel about the Prophet Muhammad as blasphemous. "He had three serious wounds in his neck.

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Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye, agent Andrew Wylie says (BBC News)

Mr Rushdie has long faced death threats for his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses. Some Muslims regard the book as blasphemous. The man charged over the attack, US- ...

He was sent to boarding school in England before studying at the University of Cambridge. "He's lost the sight of one eye," Mr Wylie said in his interview with El País. "The principal danger that he faced so many years after the fatwa was imposed is from a random person coming out of nowhere and attacking. Asked if the author was still in hospital, Mr Wylie replied: "I can't give any information about his whereabouts. The attack took place at the Chautauqua Institution in New York State on 12 August. "He has about 15 more wounds in his chest," Andrew Wylie, a New York-based agent, also told Spain's El País newspaper.

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Salman Rushdie a perdu un œil et l'usage d'une main (Le Soleil)

Poignardé en août aux États-Unis, l'écrivain britannique Salman Rushdie a depuis perdu la vue d'un œil et l'usage d'une main, entre autres graves séquelles, ...

Et il a environ 15 autres blessures à la poitrine et au torse», a déclaré Andrew Wylie à El Pais dans un entretien publié ce week-end. Il a eu trois blessures graves au cou. «Il a perdu la vue d’un œil...

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Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand (CTV News)

Salman Rushdie's agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who rushed the stage at an ...

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Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and use of one hand, says ... (The Guardian)

Full extent of injuries from 'brutal attack' on Satanic Verses author in New York state in August revealed.

Wylie also said he and Rushdie had talked about the possibility of such an attack in the past. “I think nationalism is on the rise, a sort of fundamentalist right is on the rise … And he has about 15 more wounds in his chest and torso. Elsewhere in the interview, Wylie said the world was going through “a very troubled period” – not least in the US. “He had three serious wounds in his neck. One hand is incapacitated because the nerves in his arm were cut.

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Salman Rushdie Can No Longer Use An Eye And A Hand After ... (Forbes)

Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and the ability to use one of his hands after he was stabbed onstage in August, his literary ...

[Salman Rushdie Stabbing Suspect Praised Iran's Khomeini — Here's What We Know About Hadi Matar](https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/08/17/salman-rushdie-stabbing-suspect-praised-irans-khomeini---heres-what-we-know-about-hadi-matar/?sh=3497faf7173d) (Forbes) [Suspect In Salman Rushdie Stabbing Charged With Attempted Murder — Latest In History Of Attacks Against Those Involved In ‘The Satanic Verses’](https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/08/13/suspect-in-salman-rushdie-stabbing-charged-with-murder---latest-in-history-of-attacks-against-those-involved-in-the-satanic-verses/?sh=55e194cd2815) (Forbes) [‘The Satanic Verses’: Salman Rushdie Books Climb U.S. [Hadi Matar](https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/08/17/salman-rushdie-stabbing-suspect-praised-irans-khomeini---heres-what-we-know-about-hadi-matar/?sh=3497faf7173d), a 24-year-old from New Jersey, jumped onstage and attacked Rushdie with a knife. Matar pleaded [not guilty](https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/08/17/salman-rushdie-stabbing-suspect-praised-irans-khomeini---heres-what-we-know-about-hadi-matar/?sh=3497faf7173d) to charges of attempted murder and assault in August. And International Bestseller Lists After Attack On Author](https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2022/08/15/the-satanic-verses-salman-rushdie-books-climb-us-and-international-bestseller-lists-after-attack-on-author/?sh=7266778048b1) (Forbes) [Author Salman Rushdie Attacked Onstage In New York](https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2022/08/12/author-salman-rushdie-attacked-onstage-in-new-york/?sh=3e9687667634) (Forbes) Rushdie is the [fifth person](https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/08/13/suspect-in-salman-rushdie-stabbing-charged-with-murder---latest-in-history-of-attacks-against-those-involved-in-the-satanic-verses/?sh=55e194cd2815) connected to the publishing of the The Satanic Verses to have been the victim of violent crime. in 1989— In a jailhouse interview with the New York Post, Matar [praised Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini](https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/08/17/salman-rushdie-stabbing-suspect-praised-irans-khomeini---heres-what-we-know-about-hadi-matar/?sh=3497faf7173d), the former Iranian leader who called for Rushdie’s death more than three decades ago over The Satanic Verses, which was partially inspired by the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and [sparked backlash](https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/08/13/suspect-in-salman-rushdie-stabbing-charged-with-murder---latest-in-history-of-attacks-against-those-involved-in-the-satanic-verses/?sh=55e194cd2815) from religious leaders who said the novel was blasphemous. [soared](https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2022/08/15/the-satanic-verses-salman-rushdie-books-climb-us-and-international-bestseller-lists-after-attack-on-author/?sh=7266778048b1) after Rushdie was attacked, becoming the 18th-most-popular book in the U.S. Just after Rushdie was introduced, police say Khomeini issued a fatwa (a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law) [urging Muslims to kill Rushdie](https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/08/13/suspect-in-salman-rushdie-stabbing-charged-with-murder---latest-in-history-of-attacks-against-those-involved-in-the-satanic-verses/?sh=55e194cd2815) and his publishers “without delay, so that no one will dare insult the sacred beliefs of Muslims henceforth,” and offered a [bounty of $2.8 million](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220812-february-14-1989-the-fatwa-against-salman-rushdie). [stabbed onstage](https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2022/08/12/author-salman-rushdie-attacked-onstage-in-new-york/?sh=3e9687667634) in August, his literary agent said this weekend, in the first update on the author’s condition in months. [will survive his injuries](https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-10-22/andrew-wylie-the-jackal-of-books-amazon-is-like-isis-it-takes-no-prisoners.html), which he said is “the more important thing.”

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Author Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and hand is ... (CNN)

Author Salman Rushdie has lost his sight in one eye and one of his hands is "incapacitated" following a stabbing attack in August, according to an interview ...

Wylie also told El País he and Rushdie had talked about the possibility of such an attack in the past. And he has about 15 more wounds in his chest and torso. He had three serious wounds in his neck.

Salman Rushdie a survécu, mais a perdu l'usage d'un œil et d'une ... (Le Courrier Sud)

L'agent littéraire Andrew Wylie a déclaré au journal de langue espagnole El Pais dans un article publié samedi que M. Rushdie avait subi trois blessures graves ...

M. Wylie n’a pas souhaité dire si M. Après l’attaque, M.

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Salman Rushdie 'loses sight in one eye and use of hand' (Financial Times)

Author of 'The Satanic Verses' has sustained permanent injuries after knife attack in New York state, his agent says.

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Salman Rushdie a perdu un œil et l'usage d'une main (TVA Nouvelles)

Poignardé en août aux États-Unis, l'écrivain britannique Salman Rushdie a depuis perdu la vue d'un oeil et l'usage d'une main, entre autres graves séquelles ...

L'écrivain est poursuivi depuis 33 ans par une fatwa du Guide suprême iranien le condamnant à mort. Et il a environ 15 autres blessures à la poitrine et au torse», a déclaré Andrew Wylie à El Pais dans un entretien publié ce week-end. • À lire aussi:

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Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand (Alberta Prime Times)

Salman Rushdie's agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who rushed the stage at an ...

Iran has denied involvement in the attack. 8, 1980, hours after the singer had signed an autograph for Chapman. a random person coming out of nowhere and attacking," Wylie told El Pais. Over the past two decades, Rushdie has traveled freely. Lennon was shot to death by Mark David Chapman outside his Manhattan apartment building Dec. After the attack, Rushdie was treated at a Pennsylvania hospital, where he was briefly put on a ventilator to recover from what Wylie told El Pais was a “brutal attack” that cut nerves to one arm.

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Salman Rushdie lost partial vision, use of hand after attack, rep says (The Washington Post)

In an interview with El País, Andrew Wylie said novelist Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed in August, lost vision in one eye and the use of one of his hands.

In an [interview with the New York Post](https://nypost.com/2022/08/17/alleged-salman-rushdie-attacker-didnt-think-author-would-survive/), Matar would not say whether he was inspired by the fatwa, but he praised Khomeini and told the paper that he was surprised Rushdie survived. He told The Post in 1992 that [he wasn’t sure he’d ever be safe](https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/08/15/salman-rushdie-in-hiding/?itid=lk_inline_manual_19), though in recent years Rushdie made public appearances without visible guards. [were the victims of separate stabbings in 1991](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/07/13/satanic-verses-translator-found-slain/6ee67d24-9b02-4eaf-994e-107ff814f64f/?itid=lk_inline_manual_19). [The Satanic Verses](https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B004KABDMA&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_PZQPGA55G7YQ5XEYB27W&tag=thewaspos09-20),” Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini denounced the novel’s treatment of Islam as blasphemous and issued a fatwa, or religious decree, calling for Rushdie’s assassination. He told the Associated Press that Rushdie suffered damage to his liver and to nerves in one arm, adding that the author might lose an eye. Rushdie, who police said had been stabbed in the neck and abdomen, was airlifted to a hospital and put on a ventilator.

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Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye after attack, says agent (Aljazeera.com)

Agent says Salman Rushdie suffered 'profound' wounds after August attack including losing one eye and the use of a hand.

a random person coming out of nowhere and attacking,” Wylie told El Pais. And he has about 15 more wounds in his chest and torso,” Wylie said. He had three serious wounds in his neck.

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Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand (Terrace Standard)

Salman Rushdie's agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who rushed the stage at an ...

Iran has denied involvement in the attack. a random person coming out of nowhere and attacking,” Wylie told El Pais. Over the past two decades, Rushdie has traveled freely.

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Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand ... (NPR)

Literary agent Andrew Wylie told newspaper El Pais that Rushdie suffered three serious wounds to his neck and 15 more wounds to his chest and torso after a ...

Iran has denied involvement in the attack. 8, 1980, hours after the singer had signed an autograph for Chapman. a random person coming out of nowhere and attacking," Wylie told El Pais. Over the past two decades, Rushdie has traveled freely. Lennon was shot to death by Mark David Chapman outside his Manhattan apartment building Dec. Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand, his agent says

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