Author Salman Rushdie Stabbed at New York Event

The controversial author, Salman Rushdie has been stabbed at an event in New York City. He is currently in a stable condition and undergoing surgery.

Salman Rushdie is one of the most celebrated and controversial authors in the world. Hiswork spans genres and has garnered critical acclaim. He has won the Booker Prize twice and the Arthur C Clarke Award. He is famous for his 1981 novel, Midnight’s Children. The award-winning novel tells the story of children born at the moment of India’s independence at midnight. The novel follows the lives of these children as the grow up in the turbulent aftermath of Indian independence from the British Raj.

Today the revered author and literary icon, Salman Rushdie was seriously injured after a man stormed the stage while he was giving a lecture on artistic freedom. Details about the incident are currently unknown but police have confirmed that the author was taken to hospital after being treated for his inuries.