Salman Rushdie reflects on language, imagination and mortality
Jan 16, 2026
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Salman Rushdie knows more about death than most of us. Decades ago, he lived in hiding after a death threat was issued by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini following the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses.