Pulitzer Prize Board Issues Statement in Support of Salman Rushdie and Free Expression

News August 17, 2022

The recent attack on Salman Rushdie was an outrageous assault both on the man and on the principles of free speech and artistic freedom. As a novelist, Rushdie is a master; as a spokesman for liberty, he has been unflinching despite a fatwa issued by one ayatollah, in 1989, and endorsed by his successor. The Pulitzer Board hopes Mr. Rushdie will have a strong recovery and stands with him in his defense of tolerance, free minds, and the free word.

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