–@SuzanneNossel, CEO of PEN America, issued the following statement in response to the attack on author @SalmanRushdie:
“PEN America is reeling from shock and horror at word of a brutal, premeditated attack on our former President and stalwart ally, Salman Rushdie, who was...
“PEN America is reeling from shock and horror at word of a brutal, premeditated attack on our former President and stalwart ally, Salman Rushdie, who was...
... reportedly stabbed multiple times while on stage speaking at the Chautauqua Institute in upstate New York. We can think of no comparable incident of a public violent attack on a literary writer on American soil. Just hours before the attack, on Friday morning...
... Salman had emailed me to help with placements for Ukrainian writers in need of safe refuge from the grave perils they face. Salman Rushdie has been targeted for his words for decades but has never flinched nor faltered. He has devoted tireless energy to assisting others..
... who are vulnerable and menaced. While we do not know the origins or motives of this savage attack, all those around the world who have met words with violence or called for the same are culpable for legitimizing this an assault on a writer while he was engaged...
... in his essential work of connecting to readers. Our thoughts and passions now lie with our dauntless Salman, wishing him a full and speedy recovery. We hope and believe fervently that his essential voice cannot and will not be silenced.” pen.org/press-release/…
Salman Rushdie was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western NY.
An @AP reporter witnessed a man storm the stage and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie.
Rushdie’s condition was not immediately known. apnews.com/article/salman…
An @AP reporter witnessed a man storm the stage and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie.
Rushdie’s condition was not immediately known. apnews.com/article/salman…
(NEW YORK)–@ayadakhtar, President of PEN America, issued the following statement in response to the attack on author and former PEN America President @SalmanRushdie:
“It is hard to find words to express the emotions occasioned by today’s shocking attack on Salman Rushdie....
“It is hard to find words to express the emotions occasioned by today’s shocking attack on Salman Rushdie....
... As a former President of our organization, Salman means so much to us. His leadership in the wake of 9/11 set the course for the two decades which have followed. He has been and remains a tireless advocate for imperiled writers, for unfettered intellectual and...
... creative exchange, and one of the last half-century’s great champions of #freedomofexpression. But it is in his own truly seminal, challenging body of work that Salman has stood most powerfully for the values of PEN America—work that has questioned founding myths and...
... expanded the world’s imaginative possibilities, at great cost to himself. On a more personal note, as a writer whose own work is fundamentally shaped by an early encounter with The Satanic Verses, it is particularly horrifying to me that...
... the nightmare set in motion by the fatwa in 1989 is still with us. We are thinking of Salman today across the PEN America community, and praying for his recovery.”
Statement by PEN America President @ayadakhtar: pen.org/press-release/…
Statement by PEN America President @ayadakhtar: pen.org/press-release/…
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