Writers, friends gather in support of Salman Rushdie, read from his works at solidarity event at New York Public Library | Books and Literature News,The Indian Express

Authors, writers, artists, and members of the literary community read from some of Rushdie's most celebrated works and wished the 75-year-old Booker Prize winner a speedy recovery.

A week after author Salman Rushdie was stabbed onstage at a literary event, writers and friends of the Mumbai-born author gathered at the New York Public Library here and read from his works, expressing their solidarity with him and his “relentless” advocacy for free expression.

Literary and advocacy group PEN America, which Rushdie had helmed as President, his publisher Penguin Random House, the New York Public Library, and House of SpeakEasy on Friday hosted the “Stand With Salman: Defend the Freedom to Write’, a special solidarity event that brought together authors, activists, and friends in support of Rushdie.

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Authors, writers, artists, and members of the literary community, including Tina Brown, Kiran Desai, Aasif Mandvi, and Reginald Dwayne Betts read from some of Rushdie’s most celebrated works and wished the 75-year-old Booker Prize winner a speedy recovery.

PEN said through the event, that writers from around the world stand in solidarity with Rushdie and “celebrate his tireless advocacy for the freedom of expression and the plight of imperiled writers around the globe.” The event was hosted exactly a week after Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and stomach onstage in front of a stunned audience by 24-year-old New Jersey man Hadi Matar before the ‘Satanic Verses’ author was about to speak at an event at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York.

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