Salman Rushdie on why tyrants fear artists
Salman Rushdie discusses his experiences with an assassination attempt, his latest book exploring themes of mortality and art's power, and his views on authoritarianism. He argues that art outlasts tyranny, using literary examples to illustrate his points.
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“Salman Rushdie survived an assassination attempt in 2022 and has been under heavy police protection ever since.”
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— Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British and American novelist. His work often combines magical realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disr…
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— The Satanic Verses controversy, also known as the Rushdie Affair, was a controversy sparked by the 1988 publication of The Satanic Verses by the Indian author Salman Rushdie. It centred on the novel's…
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— On August 12, 2022, Indian-born British novelist Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times by 24-year-old Hadi Matar as he was about to give a public lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqu…
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“Salman Rushdie gave a talk at the LIT:potsdam literary festival on March 19, 2026.”
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— A list of Free University of Berlin people. Alumni and faculty of the Free University include many scientists, philosophers and politicians, amongst them five Nobel Prize winners and 19 Leibniz laurea…
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“Salman Rushdie's 2024 autobiographical book 'Knife' recounts his 2022 assassination attempt.”
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— Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British and American novelist. His work often combines magical realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie
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— The Satanic Verses controversy, also known as the Rushdie Affair, was a controversy sparked by the 1988 publication of The Satanic Verses by the Indian author Salman Rushdie. It centred on the novel's…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_Verses_controversy
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— On August 12, 2022, Indian-born British novelist Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times by 24-year-old Hadi Matar as he was about to give a public lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqu…
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“Salman Rushdie's work features undead creatures confronting unstable situations.”
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“The central story in 'The Eleventh Hour' begins with Kafkaesque humor and features a ghostly character.”
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“Salman Rushdie equates being dead to transitioning between worlds and losing the rules of the new world.”
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“Salman Rushdie's 'The Eleventh Hour' explores end-of-life questions, including the choice between peaceful acceptance and resisting death, referencing Dylan Thomas.”
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“In 'Oklahoma,' Salman Rushdie references Fernando VII as a 'totalitarian bastard.'”
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“Salman Rushdie states that authoritarian rulers fear art and cites authors whose works survived despite their creators' persecution.”
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“In 'The Eleventh Hour,' a story features an Indian girl using music to dismantle a billionaire's empire, described as a fairy tale.”
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“Salman Rushdie asserts that in the long term, tyrants die and art survives, while in the short term, the artist dies and the tyrant survives.”
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