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Salman Rushdie makes first in-person appearance at PEN America gala.

Salman Rushdie made his first in-person appearance at a public event since being stabbed last August, 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. Rushdie, whose attendance had not been announced beforehand, spoke briefly, and dedicated some of his remarks to those who came to his help at the Chautauqua Institution, a nonprofit education and retreat center. Other honorees Thursday included "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels and the imprisoned Iranian journalist and activist Narges Mohammadi, who was given the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award.

via NPR|

#activism #arts-and-culture #freedom-of-speech

arts-and-culture2 years ago•5 min saved

Salman Rushdie's Powerful Return to PEN America Gala

Author Salman Rushdie made his first in-person appearance since being stabbed last August, attending the annual gala of PEN America and receiving the PEN Centenary Courage Award. Rushdie dedicated his remarks to those who came to his help during the attack and urged that terror and violence must not deter us. Other honorees included Lorne Michaels and Narges Mohammadi, who was given the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award. Rushdie's attendance had not been announced beforehand, and his voice sounded frailer than it once did.

via New York Post |

#arts-and-culture #award #literary-gala

arts-and-culture2 years ago•1 min saved

Salman Rushdie's First In-Person Appearance Since Stabbing Surprises at PEN America Gala.

Author Salman Rushdie made his first in-person public appearance since being stabbed and hospitalized nine months ago at the annual gala of PEN America, the literary and free expression organization for which he once served as president. Rushdie sustained multiple wounds, leaving him blind in his right eye and struggling to write. Rushdie was in hiding for years after Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa in 1989 calling for his death because of the alleged blasphemy of the novel “The Satanic Verses,” but he had long moved about freely before the attack in August.

via POLITICO|

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