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hello. welcome to the programme. the agent for the internationally acclaimed british author salman rushdie says the novelist has sustained serious injuries to an eye and his liver, during a knife attack in new york state. he was stabbed repeatedly by an assailant who pounced on him as he took the stage at an arts centre in new york. police named the attacker as hadi matar, a 24—year—old man from newjersey. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports. there was confusion and panic. the attack happened in full view of the audience. sir salman was left injured, lying on st...

What has been unarguable is that during the 1980s salman rushdie, along with a small number of other british writers, completely reinvigorated the english novel, not only in the united kingdom but across the english—speaking world, especially in the countries that were formerly part of the british empire. and what rushdie's work in many ways created was a global community of anglophone writers and readers who were in conversation with each other, you know, not literally, perhaps, but certainly in terms of literary influence, the very reason we have writers such as zadie smith, monica ali, vi...