The Indian-born novelist was on stage at a literary event in New York state when he was attacked
The Indian-born novelist was on stage at the Chautauqua Institution to deliver a lecture on artistic freedom when he was attacked.
thanked emergency responders for their work and said “our thoughts are with Salman & his loved ones following this horrific event.”“We can think of no comparable incident of a public violent attack on a literary writer on American soil,” PEN America’s chief executive officer“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,” she wrote.
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