The Indian-born British author suffered life-changing injuries including the loss of his right eye following the attack at the Chautauqua Institution in New…
“It’s rare for anyone to be able to describe a near-death experience,” Salman Rushdie writes in Knife, his account of the “almost murder” of August 12, 2022, when he was stabbed multiple times at a literary festival in Chautauqua, New…
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran’s leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a…
"He's off the ventilator, so the road to recovery has begun," Rushdie's agent, Andrew Wylie, told CNN on Sunday. "It will be long -- the injuries are severe. But his condition is headed in the right direction." "Though his life changing…
Later in the day, Rushdie was put on a ventilator and was unable to speak, his agent, Andrew Wylie, told The New York Times. He will likely lose an eye, Wylie said. "The nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and…