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  • September 2008

    • Debuts Edge Favorites for Booker Shortlist

      Bookseller.com  |  Sep 9, 08 8:12 AM CDT

      Debuts Edge Favorites for Booker Shortlist

      (Newser) - The jury for the Man Booker Prize announced its shortlist today—and left off the two books most hotly tipped to win the prestigious literary award, reports the Bookseller . Six novels were chosen, including two debuts. But many were surprised by the omission of Salman Rushdie's The Enchantress of Florence , which had the shortest odds, and Joseph O'Neill's Netherland , the bestseller about post-9/11 New York that has won rave reviews. More »

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      literature  • Booker Prize  • prize  • Salman Rushdie

  • July 2008

    • Midnight's Children Wins Best of Bookers

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 13, 08 5:04 PM CDT

      Midnight's Children Wins Best of Bookers

      (Newser) - Salman Rushdie's classic Midnight's Children , which nabbed the Booker Prize 27 years ago, has now won the Best of the Bookers by public vote, the Guardian reports. About a boy born at the hour of India's independence, the novel won over six previous prize winners. The prize "looks at what qualities of books survive" their "temporary celebrity," said one judge. More »

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      India  • literature  • fiction  • novel  • Booker Prize  • Salman Rushdie  • Gandhi

  • June 2008

    • That's Sir Salman Rushdie

      Associated Press  |  Jun 25, 08 12:54 PM CDT

      That's Sir Salman Rushdie

      (Newser) - Queen Elizabeth officially knighted Salman Rushdie today, the AP reports, a year after the award was announced to widespread Muslim protest. “I have no regrets about any of my work,” said Rushdie, when asked about his novel The Satanic Verses, for which the Shah of Iran awarded him a “death sentence” and forced him into hiding. No cameras were allowed at the knighting, which the 61-year-old described as a “private moment.” More »

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      literature  • Queen Elizabeth II  • Salman Rushdie  • knighthood  • Satanic Verses

    • Brokeback Headed to Opera Stage

      Reuters  |  Jun 9, 08 9:45 AM CDT

      Brokeback Headed to Opera Stage

      (Newser) - Brokeback Mountain, the groundbreaking gay love story of two Wyoming ranch hands which went on to claim 3 Oscars, will be transformed into an opera, Reuters reports. The New York City Opera has commissioned a composer to write the work.  More »

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      Heath Ledger  • Brokeback Mountain  • Salman Rushdie  • New York City Opera  • Annie Proulx

  • October 2007

    • Protect Her Like You Promised

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 9, 07 5:47 PM CDT

      Protect Her Like You Promised

      (Newser) - Former Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi deserves “the freedoms of speech and conscience we take for granted," argue Salman Rushdie and Sam Harris—who urge the Dutch to keep protecting her from Islamic killers. The Dutch promised protection in 2002, and should “recognize a scandal in the making” as they debate this week whether to renew the plan. More »

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      Netherlands  • Somalia  • Christopher Hitchens  • Salman Rushdie  • protection  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  • June 2007

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