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Salman Rushdie in 2017, five years before the stabbing attack on him.
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Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie is a British-Indian writer best known for his 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses," which stirred fierce protests in the Islamic world. In 2022, he survived a stabbing.

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Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie reflects on attack in 'Knife'

Salman Rushdie reflects on attack in 'Knife'

In "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder," Salman Rushdie explores the stabbing that nearly killed him in 2022.
CultureApril 16, 2024
Salman Rushdie, who has one side of his glasses blacked out, stands on a stage next to a large bouquet of flowers, and shows his prize. Behind him a woman claps her hands.

Rushdie wins Peace Prize of German Book Trade

Rushdie wins Peace Prize of German Book Trade

Writer Salman Rushdie is a passionate defender of freedom of thought, but that has come at a high price.
CultureOctober 21, 202304:13 min
A man with a patch on his glasses stares back at the came

Salman Rushdie: 'Writers have no armies'

Salman Rushdie: 'Writers have no armies'

After surviving a brutal knife attack, the Indian-British author is at the Frankfurt Book Fair, where DW met him.
LiteratureOctober 19, 2023
Salman Rushdie wearing glasses with one side shaded.

Salman Rushdie wins prestigious German peace prize

Salman Rushdie wins prestigious German peace prize

The author of "The Satanic Verses" has been recognized with the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.
LiteratureJune 19, 2023
Salman Rushdie holding a microphone.

Salman Rushdie releases new novel, 6 months after stabbing

Salman Rushdie releases new novel, 6 months after stabbing

Decades after a fatwa was issued against him, the author was attacked. His anticipated novel "Victory City" is out now.
LiteratureFebruary 7, 2023
Günter Wallraff, journalist, at the Deutsche Fernsehpreis in Cologne

The German who sheltered Salman Rushdie

The German who sheltered Salman Rushdie

Working undercover, Günter Wallraff exposed Germany's racism problem. The famous investigative journalist turns 80.
CultureOctober 1, 2022
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Salman Rushdie in 1986

How 'The Satanic Verses' got printed in Germany

Following the attack on writer Salman Rushdie, DW looks at how "The Satanic Verses" was finally published in German.
CultureSeptember 29, 2022
A stack of books in a bookstore.

Banned Books Week: A fight for freedom

Galileo Galilei, Salman Rushdie and Harry Potter have all been targeted by people wanting to ban their books.
CultureSeptember 18, 2022