LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Salman Rushdie on Whitbread award

Genre

Interview

TX Date

8 Nov 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:50

Description

Carol Allen interviews author Salman Rushdie on his novel, The Satanic Verses, winning the Whitbread novel section prize. He says he hopes the award may help the ban on the book to be lifted in India.

Contributors

Carol Allen; Salman Rushdie

Keywords

Books; Authors; India; Writers; Censorship; Literary prizes; Salman Rushdie; Whitbread award; The Satanic Verses; Controversial literature

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