Rappler's latest stories on Salman Rushdie
Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie vie for Britain's 50th Booker Prize
Atwood is nominated for her book 'The Testaments,' while Rushidie is nominated for 'Quichotte'

'I don't want to hide' says Salman Rushdie, 30 years after fatwa
Salman Rushdie's life takes a drastic turn when Iran's spiritual leader ordered his execution after branding his novel 'The Satanic Verses' blasphemous in 1989

Swedish Academy finally condemns fatwa against writer Salman Rushdie
The fact that the death sentence has been passed as punishment for a work of literature also implies a serious violation of free speech says Swedish Academy head Tomas Riad

Munro, Murakami, Roth Nobel literature favorites
With just hours to go before the Nobel Literature Prize laureate is announced in Stockholm speculation has hit fever pitch with Canada s Alice Munro and Japan s Haruki Murakami often cited as possible winners
Rushdie releases memoirs as anti-Islam film protests rage
Salman Rushdie publishes his account T the decade he spent in hiding while under a fatwa for his book The Satanic Verses