LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Salmon Rushdie interview on Kaleidoscope

Genre

Interview; Speech; Special

TX Date

6 Feb 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:29:41

Description

Interview on the BBC Radio 4, Kaleidoscope programme (presented by Paul Allen) with writer, Salman Rushdie. The author talks about his life and work, and the ethics of being a writer. This interview was recorded the day before the Iranian fatwa over The Satanic Verses forced Rushdie to withdraw into cultural exile and is now being broadcast a year later. Includes excerpt from Herbert Reed Memorial Lecture read by Harold Pinter (and written by Rushdie) and interview with A. S. Byatt. Programme produced by Anthony Denselow.

Contributors

Paul Allen; Salman Rushdie; Harold Pinter; A. S. Byatt; Anthony Denselow; BBC Radio 4

Keywords

Books; Authors; Religion; Writers; Freedom of expression; Ethics; Novels; Islam; Fiction; Religious belief; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature; Fatwa; Salmon Rushdie

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