Salman Rushdie, the author of 'The Satanic Verses,' was brutally attacked just as he was about to speak to an audience at the Chautauqua Institution. Here's what to know about the writer.
Salman Rushdie presents his book "Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights" in Aviles, Spain in 2015.
Salman Rushdie, one of the most famous writers in the world, was brutally attacked just as he was about to speak to an audience at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York on Friday. Rushdie was taken by helicopter to a hospital, according to New York State Police, where he is undergoing surgery.
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