I knew that Rushdie was sentenced to death by Iran, but I was not aware of these other attacks before today:
His Japanese translator, Hitoshi Igarashi, was stabbed and killed at the university where he taught in Tsukuba, north of Tokyo. His Italian translator Ettore Capriolo was beaten and stabbed in his appartment in Milan but survived. His Norwegian publisher William Nygaard was shot and severely injured in an attack outside his house in Oslo. His Turkish translator, Aziz Nesin had his hotel in Sivas burnt down by locals, and thirty-seven people died in the fire. Jeez. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:196096 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
