Salman Rushdie novelist was attacked on a lecture stage in New York

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British-American novelist.

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Salman Rushdie born on 19 June, 1947 in Mumbai, India.

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Rushdie was married to his first wife, Clarissa Luard and stay with her from 1976 to 1987.

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Rushdie was married to his second wife Marianne Wiggins, an American novelist and stay with her from 1988 to 1993.

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Rushdie was married to his 3rd wife Elizabeth West and stay with her from 1997 to 2004.

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In 2004, Rushdie was married to his 4th wife Padma Lakshmi, an Indian-American actress, model and host of the American reality television show Top Chef. Their marriange ended in 2007.

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Salman Rushdie is the author of 14 novels, a Fellow of the British Royal Society of Literature and won the Whitbread Prize for best Novel twice.

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Salman has received many awards, highest honours and recognition for his outstanding writings. He honored with Golden PEN Award, Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, Swiss Freethinkers award and others.

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In Friday, Salam Rushdie was attending a lecture series at the Chautauqua Institution as a guest speaker to discuss with Reese (co-founder of City of Asylum) how the United States serves as an asylum for writer in exile.

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While Salam Rushdie was delivering the lecture an unknown man named Hadi Matar who rushed to the stage and attacked to Rushdie where the author was to speak.

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Rushdie has been targeted for his words for decades but he has never flinched nor faltered.

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As per the report of various agent, at present Salman Rushdies is on a ventilator and cannot speak. His arm and liver are injured, and he may lose an eye.

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