hello. welcome to the programme. the agent for the internationally acclaimed british author salman rushdie says the novelist has sustained serious injuries to an eye and his liver, during a knife attack in new york state. he was stabbed repeatedly by an assailant who pounced on him as he took the stage at an arts centre in new york. police named the attacker as hadi matar, a 24 year old man from newjersey. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports. there was confusion and panic. the attack happened in full view of the audience. sir salman was left injured, lying on stage, and eyewitnesses in deep shock. there was nothing audible from the attacker. we just saw him move on stage very quickly and, repeatedly and with vicious determination, stabbed salman rushdie. people were rising up out of their seats, gasping, crying and screaming and this unheard of thing was happening on stage. salman rushdie was taken to hospital by helicopter. he had been due to speak at the c
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the acclaimed british author sir salman rushdie has sustained serious injuries to his liver and an eye after being stabbed while taking to the stage at an arts centre in new york. the 75 year old is currently on a ventilator and unable to speak. police have named his attacker as hadi matar, a 24 year old from newjersey who is currently in custody. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports. there was confusion and panic. the attack happened in full view of the audience. sir salman was left injured, lying on stage, and eyewitnesses in deep shock. there was nothing audible from the attacker. we just saw him move on stage very quickly and, repeatedly and with vicious determination, stabbed salman rushdie. people were rising up out of their seats, gasping, crying and screaming and this unheard of thing was happening on stage. salman rushdie was taken to hospital by helicopter. he had been due to speak at th
the fatwa and salman rushdie and it led to serious consequences, notjust for salman rushdie, a norwegian publisher was attacked, shot in the late 1990s, he survived. an italian translator was stabbed in his apartment in milan and ajapanese translator was killed as a result of this from stabbing. and so while salman rushdie ended up coming out of hiding, continuing his works, becoming a huge advocate for freedom of speech, it did affect his life, his works in a serious way but in the last few years, he said they felt safer and he didn t view the fatwa the same way. we do not know the motive right now. it s just the fatwa that s affected his life and works in a very serious way. tim bewes is professor of english at brown university. hejoins me from providence in rhode island. professor, a very good evening
satanic verse asked another question in his day mode, almost on the same page, how does newness survives, extreme and dangerous as it is, what compromises, what deals or betrayals of its secret nature must it make? that question and the answer that it contains applies, i think, the answer that it contains applies, ithink, to the answer that it contains applies, i think, to rushdie s own work. newness survives not through willing authority but by giving it up. that, i think, is the great lesson rushdie s work and it is one that we should remember in these very consequential days of which this event is such an exemplary instance. ~ ., ., ., instance. we will have to leave it there. professor instance. we will have to leave it there. professor tim - instance. we will have to leave it there. professor tim bewesl it there. professor tim bewes at brown university, thank you very much for making the time for us. . ~ very much for making the time for us. ., ~ ,, , . very much for making the
leader, ayatollah khamenei, upheld it, and he tweeted about the fatwa and salman rushdie and it led to serious consequences, notjust for salman rushdie, a norwegian publisher was attacked, shot in the late 1990s, he survived. an italian translator was stabbed in his apartment in milan and ajapanese translator was killed as a result of this from stabbing. and so while salman rushdie ended up coming out of hiding, continuing his works, becoming a huge advocate for freedom of speech, it did affect his life, his works in a serious way but in the last few years, he said they felt safer and he didn t view the fatwa the same way. we do not know the motive right now. it s just the fatwa that s affected his life and works in a very serious way. tim bewes is professor