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Hürriyet, Turkey
Sunday, September 23, 2007 03:08
Orhan Pamuk vs. Salman Rushdie
Two of the most renowned names in literature, Salman
Rushdie and Orhan Pamuk, are to have a battle of words
in New York.
Salman Rushdie provoked violent reactions from the
Muslim world with his famous book, The Satanic Verses.
The Nobel Prize-winning Orhan Pamuk created much
controversy with his claims regarding the so-called
Armenian Genocide. Both have received death threats.
The conservation is part of a larger annual literary
festival run by the New Yorker, a leading American
weekly magazine, being held between 5-7 October in New
York.
Sunday, September 23, 2007 03:08
Orhan Pamuk vs. Salman Rushdie
Two of the most renowned names in literature, Salman
Rushdie and Orhan Pamuk, are to have a battle of words
in New York.
Salman Rushdie provoked violent reactions from the
Muslim world with his famous book, The Satanic Verses.
The Nobel Prize-winning Orhan Pamuk created much
controversy with his claims regarding the so-called
Armenian Genocide. Both have received death threats.
The conservation is part of a larger annual literary
festival run by the New Yorker, a leading American
weekly magazine, being held between 5-7 October in New
York.