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Salman Rushdie awarded the prestigious German Peace Prize 2023

Prolific writer Salman Rushdie has been awarded the 2023 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for "his indomitable spirit, for his affirmation of life and for enriching our world with his love of storytelling." The announcement was made on June 19, the day when Rushdie turned 76.

The Times of India

Author Salman Rushdie awarded prestigious German prize for his literary work and resolve

Writer Salman Rushdie has been awarded a prestigious German prize for his literary work and for his resolve and positive attitude in the face of constant danger

The Independent UK

Writer Rachel Eliza Griffiths: ‘There’s a strength you don’t realise you have access to’

The novelist on inheriting her mother’s ferocity, gun violence in the US and the attack on her husband, Salman Rushdie, last year

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Salman Rushdie to write a book about being stabbed on stage

Author tells Hay literary festival he needs to ‘get past’ the knife attack he suffered before writing anything else

The Guardian - UK

US sanctions Iranians over alleged assassination plots of former US officials, dissidents

The United States has announced sanctions against some Iranian and Turkish people and firms accused of plotting to assassinate former U.S. government officials, dual U.S. and Iranian nationals, and dissidents

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie renews fight against book-banning -- 3 essential articles on right-wing challenges to what schoolkids can read

No one needs to tell Salman Rushdie about the cost of free speech.

The Conversation

Sir Salman Rushdie ‘writing again’ after attack

The writer was among those recognised at Windsor Castle as a Servant of the Companions of Honour.

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‘Cool, tender and sweet Martin Amis was in another world’, Ian McEwan says in tribute

Ian McEwan has paid tribute to fellow author Martin Amis, who died from cancer of the oesophagus at his home in Florida at the weekend

Evening Standard

‘Damn, that fool can write’: how Martin Amis made everyone up their game

He exploded into the tweedy world of literature, a young, pouting and outrageously brash crusader for prose. Our writer remembers her encounters with the novelist, whose smarts and chutzpah confounded his peers

The Guardian - UK

‘Stylist extraordinaire’: worlds of literature and politics pay tribute to Martin Amis

Fellow writers including Salman Rushdie express their admiration for British novelist who has died aged 73

The Guardian - UK

Martin Amis, literary ‘enfant terrible’, dies aged 73

Author of ‘London Fields’ and ‘The Information’, who divided opinion over his writing style and personal views, died of oesophageal cancer at his home in Florida

The Independent UK

Martin Amis, era-defining British novelist, dies aged 73

The celebrated author of Money and London Fields, whose works defined the 80s and 90s literary scene, died of oesophageal cancer on Friday at his home in Florida

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie returns to the stage nine months after cheating death in knife attack

The author, who was left blind in one eye after a knife attack last August, surprised guests at the PEN America Literary Gala, and told them: 'It's nice to be back, as opposed to not being back, which was also a possibility'

Daily Mirror

Salman Rushdie makes emotional first in-person public appearance since stabbing

Author gave the event’s final speech as he accepted a special prize, the PEN Centenary Courage Award

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Salman Rushdie makes first public appearance since attack, praising ‘heroes’ who saved him

A surprise speaker at the Pen America gala, the author said ‘if it had not been for these people, I most certainly would not be standing here’

France 24

Salman Rushdie accepts PEN America award in first appearance since stabbing

Salman Rushdie made an emotional and unexpected return to public life Thursday night, 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, just nine months being after being stabbed repeatedly and hospitalized.

The Times of India

Salman Rushdie makes his first public appearance after a brutal attack in 2022

On August 12, 2022, the news of Booker-winner Salman Rushdie being brutally stabbed during an event at the Chautauqua Institute in New York shocked everyone. The attack was so severe that the author lost vision in one eye. And now, nine months after the brutal attack, Rushdie made his first…

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PEN America gala honors Salman Rushdie, his first in-person appearance since stabbing

Rushdie, whose attendance had not been announced beforehand, spoke briefly, and dedicated some of his remarks to those who came to his help last August while on stage at a New York literary festival.

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The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie makes first in-person public appearance since stabbing

Salman Rushdie has made an emotional and unexpected return to public life, 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

Evening Standard

OPINION - Salman Rushdie was right to warn us about a slippery slope on free speech

I was privileged to attend the British Book Awards on Monday. There were buckets of champagne and wine, and a three-course meal.

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie say attempts to censor Ian Fleming’s James Bond are ‘almost comical’

Authorr delivered a video message to the British Book Awards, where he was awarded the Freedom to Publish

Reuters

Salman Rushdie warns of threat to freedom of expression in West

Novelist Salman Rushdie has warned that countries in the West face the most severe threats to freedom of expression and freedom to publish in his lifetime, speaking nine months after a man repeatedly stabbed him onstage in New York.

Evening Standard

British Book Awards 2023: The full list of this year’s winners

Davina McCall and Sir Salman Rushdie were given accolades at this year’s ceremony

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie makes rare public address after attack, warns free expression under threat

Writer Salman Rushdie has made a public speech nine months after being stabbed and seriously injured onstage

The Times of India

We need to fight against censorship very hard: Salman Rushdie on being awarded the Freedom to Publish award at 2023 Nibbies

Booker-winner Salman Rushdie was awarded the British Book Award 2023 for Freedom to Publish in a ceremony in London on May 15, 2023.

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