All the updated news related to rushdie

All the news related to rushdie updated in real time

Found 82

forrushdie

Order by:

World

Nobel panel to announce winner of literature prize

The winner of the Nobel Prize in literature will be announced at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday. While the recipient is notoriously unpredictable, one clear contender is Sir Salman Rushdie, the India-born writer and free-speech ...

06 Oct 2022 at 10:46

Entertainment

Rushdie ‘has long defended freedom of artistic expression’ – Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood has said Sir Salman Rushdie “never missed an opportunity to speak out on behalf of the principles he had been embodying all his writing life” adding that “freedom of expression was foremost among these”. The Canadian writer ...

15 Aug 2022 at 10:19

Sir Salman Rushdie’s feisty sense of humour remains intact, family says

Sir Salman Rushdie suffered severe, life-changing injuries but his “usual feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact”, his family has said. The author, 75, has a damaged liver and severed nerves in an arm and an eye after he was ...

14 Aug 2022 at 19:42

Sunak: Rushdie attack a ‘wake-up call’ to the West over Iran threat

Tory leadership contender Rishi Sunak has said the stabbing of Sir Salman Rushdie should be a “wake-up call” for the West about the threat which Iran still poses. In the aftermath of the attack on the 75-year-old author, the former ...

14 Aug 2022 at 00:43

Sir Salman Rushdie off ventilator and talking following stabbing in US

Sir Salman Rushdie has been taken off his ventilator and is talking as he recovers from being stabbed in the US. British-American writer Aatish Taseer said, in a since-deleted tweet, that the 75-year-old was “off the ventilator ...

14 Aug 2022 at 13:27

Police investigating ‘online threat’ made to JK Rowling following Rushdie tweet

Police said they are investigating a report of an “online threat” made to JK Rowling after she tweeted her reaction to the stabbing of Sir Salman Rushdie. The Harry Potter author, 57, shared screenshots of a message from a ...

14 Aug 2022 at 12:08

Salman Rushdie: Man facing US court accused of stabbing author

The man who allegedly stabbed Sir Salman Rushdie is due to appear in court in the US. A grand jury has indicted Hadi Matar, who allegedly attacked 75-year-old Sir Salman as the renowned author prepared to give a talk in ...

18 Aug 2022 at 17:22

World

Rushdie stabbing suspect indicted and due to appear in court

A grand jury has indicted the man suspected of stabbing Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared to give a talk in western New York, county prosecutors have said. Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, is ...

18 Aug 2022 at 16:57

Downing St condemns ‘ludicrous’ Iranian suggestion Rushdie to blame for attack

Downing Street has said it is “ludicrous” to suggest that Sir Salman Rushdie might bear any responsibility for the attack on him. An Iranian government official on Monday denied that Tehran was involved in the ...

15 Aug 2022 at 16:56

World

Judge denies bail for man accused of attacking Sir Salman Rushdie

A judge has refused to grant bail to the man accused of trying to kill Sir Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared to give a talk in western New York. Hadi Matar, 24, appeared in a western New York ...

18 Aug 2022 at 20:43

Scotland

Nicola Sturgeon and Louise Welsh send message to Rushdie from book festival

Nicola Sturgeon and best-selling author Louise Welsh have taken a moment during the Edinburgh International Book Festival to send a message of solidarity to Sir Salman Rushdie after he was attacked in the ...

15 Aug 2022 at 22:50

Sir Salman Rushdie’s attacker ‘surprised’ to learn of the author’s survival

The man who allegedly stabbed Sir Salman Rushdie on stage at an event in New York has said he was “surprised” to learn the renowned author was alive following the attack. Hadi Matar, 24, said Sir Salman, ...

18 Aug 2022 at 04:28

Years
2025

Iconic Media is Ireland's largest independently owned regional newspaper and media group, with an unrivalled audience in print, online and mobile. We have 19 regional newspapers and 21 digital sites.

Iconic Digital Titles

Iconic Print Titles

Letterkenny Live

This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.