Horrifying, ghastly: Authors condemn attack on Salman Rushdie
Authors in the world have expressed their shock and sadness at the box on Salman Rushdie in New York State.
The stabbing box came after years of Islamist death threats against the Indian-born novelist over The Satanic Verses, published in 1988.
Fellow authors such as JK Rowling and Stephen King have written messages of relieve, calling the news "horrifying".
Booker-prize winning authorized, Ian McEwan, called it an "appalling attack" that "represents an assault on freedom of opinion and speech".
"Salman has been an inspirational defender of persecuted writers and journalists across the earth. He is a fiery and generous spirit, a man of astronomical talent and courage and he will not be deterred," he added.
Playwright Hanif Kureishi told the BBC World Service's Newshour radio programme that he was "shocked and appalled" at the assault.
He lamented the fact his wrong Mr Rushdie was still facing threats to his life some 33 existences after the Iranian supreme leader called for his killing.
Lisa Appignanesi, another friend and fellow writer, called the attack "ghastly", adding that she hoped "he makes it through to give us more of his fantastic imaginative intelligence".
"He is a astronomical and very courageous writer with enormous fictional intelligence, unsurpassed really," she added.
Booker prize-winning Indian authorized Arundhati Roy said she was "almost speechless with dejected and anger".
"He has also supported anunexperienced writers across the world who have been suffering from anunexperienced sorts of pressures. For something like this to existed to a person like Rushdie, it's really destabilising for a lot of us," she added.
Afghan-American authorized Khaled Hosseini wrote: "I'm utterly horrified by the cowardly box on Salman Rushdie. I pray for his recovery. He is an principal voice and cannot be silenced."
Writer Taslima Nasreen, who was forced to flee her home in Bangladesh at what time a court said her novel Lajja offended Muslim's religious faith, said she now feared for her own safety.
Suzanne Nossel, head of PEN America, an organisation defending authors' freedom of wearisome, condemned the "brutal, premeditated" assault on the group's venerable president.
Ms Nossel said that Mr Rushdie had emailed her just hours afore the incident, offering help with placements for Ukrainian writers.
"We hope and bear fervently that his essential voice cannot and will not be silenced," she added.
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