The Latest Breaking News from Salman Rushdie

She led tributes to Rushdie, who was hospitalised in August

Writers including Hanif Kureishi, Monica Ali and Nigella Lawson will gather in London to share readings and reflections two months after the author was attacked on stage

French writer wins for ‘courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory’

The winner of the Nobel Prize in literature will be announced Thursday at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm

The novelist, who was stabbed earlier this year as he was about to give a public lecture, is highly placed by bookmakers to win this year’s award

This year's Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of almost uninterrupted peace in Europe and raised the risks of a nuclear disaster. The secretive Nobel committees never hint who will win the prizes in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics or peace. It's anyone's guess…

This year’s Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of almost uninterrupted peace in Europe and raised the risks of a nuclear disaster

The incident occurred on Friday August 12 after she reacted to the news of fellow author Salman Rushdie being stabbed in New York.

The threat was made from outside the UK, a spokesperson for Police Scotland said