{"id":1730,"date":"2023-06-19T12:36:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T12:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2023-06-19T12:36:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T12:36:14","slug":"author-salman-rushdie-awarded-prestigious-german-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=1730","title":{"rendered":"Author Salman Rushdie awarded prestigious German peace prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"ie-breadcrumb\">\n<ol class=\"m-breadcrumb\">\n<li><a rel=\"noamphtml\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"noamphtml\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/section\/world\/\">World<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>Writer Salman Rushdie awarded prestigious German peace prize<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<h2 itemprop=\"description\" class=\"synopsis\">Salman Rushdie was awarded the Peace Prize of the German E-book Commerce for his literary work and for his resolve within the face of &#8220;fixed risk to his life&#8221;.<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"custom-caption\"><amp-img src=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2023\/06\/Salman-Rushdie-1.jpg?w=389\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" alt=\"Salman Rushdie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2023\/06\/Salman-Rushdie-1.jpg?w=389 389w\" class=\"amp-wp-enforced-sizes i-amphtml-layout-intrinsic i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" layout=\"intrinsic\" data-hero=\"\" i-amphtml-ssr=\"\" i-amphtml-layout=\"intrinsic\"><i-amphtml-sizer slot=\"i-amphtml-svc\" class=\"i-amphtml-sizer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjM1NSIgd2lkdGg9IjY0MCIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIiB2ZXJzaW9uPSIxLjEiLz4=\"\/><\/i-amphtml-sizer><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Salman Rushdie\" src=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2023\/06\/Salman-Rushdie-1.jpg?w=389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2023\/06\/Salman-Rushdie-1.jpg?w=389 389w\"\/><\/amp-img><span class=\"caption-text\">The Satanic Verses author will obtain a sum of \u20ac25,000 equal to an estimate of Rs 22,36,300. (Supply: Salman Rushdie\/Twitter)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio-player-tts-sec\" amp-access=\"(metering.result=\" allow_access=\"\" amp-access-hide=\"\"><span class=\"article-listen\">Hearken to this text<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<amp-audio id=\"amp-audio-player\" width=\"auto\" preload=\"auto\" controlslist=\"nodownload\" layout=\"fixed-height\"><source src=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ie_aws_audio_8672692.mp3?version=1687177554\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\">Your browser doesn&#8217;t assist the audio ingredient.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<audio controls=\"\"\/><\/source><\/amp-audio>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><amp-analytics id=\"ie-aws-player-analytics\" type=\"googleanalytics\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"width:1px;height:1px\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A few 12 months after he was stabbed whereas on stage throughout a pageant in New York, famend author Salman Rushdie was awarded a prestigious German prize for his literary work and for his resolve within the face of \u201cfixed risk to his life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Peace Prize of the German E-book Commerce stated the British-American creator would obtain the award in Frankfurt on October 22.\u00a0The announcement comes on Rushdie\u2019s 76th birthday.<\/p>\n<p><amp-img src=\"https:\/\/data.indianexpress.com\/election2019\/track_1x1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" data-amp-original-style=\"display:none;\" class=\"amp-wp-93b8ea5 i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"width:1px;height:1px\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Describing Rushdie as a \u201cpassionate defender of freedom of thought and expression\u201d, the jury stated: \u201cFrom the second his masterpiece\u00a0<em>Midnight\u2019s Youngsters<\/em> was printed in 1981, Salman Rushdie has awed us together with his interpretations of migration and world politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ev-container\" amp-access=\"(metering.result=\" 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We honour Salman Rushdie for his indomitable spirit, for his affirmation of life and for enriching our world together with his love of storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The creator has lived beneath severe and fixed risk to his life ever since Iran\u2019s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa towards him in 1989. It ought to be famous that Iran\u2019s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had condemned passages alluding to the Prophet Muhammad within the <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/section\/cities\/mumbai\/lite\/\" class=\"\">Mumbai<\/a>-born creator\u2019s 1988 novel<em> The Satanic Verses<\/em>. Khomeini issued a decree subsequent 12 months calling for Rushdie\u2019s dying, forcing the creator into hiding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd but he stays a passionate defender of freedom of thought and expression \u2013 simply as equally for himself as for these whose views he doesn&#8217;t share. He thus accepts nice private danger in his enduring defence of a necessary prerequisite for peaceable human co-existence,\u201d the jury stated.<\/p>\n<p>The award ceremony will probably be held on October 22, this 12 months within the Church of St. Paul in Frankfurt am Foremost and <em>The<\/em> <em>Satanic Verses<\/em> author will obtain a sum of \u20ac25,000 equal to an estimate of Rs 22,36,300.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"amp-wp-content\">\n<div amp-access=\"(metering.result=\" allow_access=\"\" amp-access-hide=\"\">\n<p>First printed on: <span>19-06-2023 at 17:55 IST <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<amp-analytics type=\"googleanalytics\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"width:1px;height:1px\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/amp-analytics><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<amp-analytics type=\"googleanalytics\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"width:1px;height:1px\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/amp-analytics><br \/>\n\t\t\t<amp-analytics type=\"googleanalytics\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined\" style=\"width:1px;height:1px\" i-amphtml-layout=\"fixed\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/world\/author-salman-rushdie-awarded-prestigious-german-peace-prize\/lite\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News World Writer Salman Rushdie awarded prestigious German peace prize Salman Rushdie was awarded the Peace Prize of the German E-book Commerce for his literary work and for his resolve within the face of &#8220;fixed risk to his life&#8221;. 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