The Latest Breaking News from Salman Rushdie

No one needs to tell Salman Rushdie about the cost of free speech.

The writer was among those recognised at Windsor Castle as a Servant of the Companions of Honour.

The celebrated author of Money and London Fields, whose works defined the 80s and 90s literary scene, died of oesophageal cancer on Friday at his home in Florida

The author, who was left blind in one eye after a knife attack last August, surprised guests at the PEN America Literary Gala, and told them: 'It's nice to be back, as opposed to not being back, which was also a possibility'

Author gave the event’s final speech as he accepted a special prize, the PEN Centenary Courage Award

A surprise speaker at the Pen America gala, the author said ‘if it had not been for these people, I most certainly would not be standing here’

Salman Rushdie made an emotional and unexpected return to public life Thursday night, attending the annual gala of PEN America and giving the event’s final speech as he accepted a special prize, the PEN Centenary Courage Award, just nine months being after being stabbed repeatedly and hospitalized.

On August 12, 2022, the news of Booker-winner Salman Rushdie being brutally stabbed during an event at the Chautauqua Institute in New York shocked everyone. The attack was so severe that the author lost vision in one eye. And now, nine months after the brutal attack, Rushdie made his first…

Rushdie, whose attendance had not been announced beforehand, spoke briefly, and dedicated some of his remarks to those who came to his help last August while on stage at a New York literary festival.