DL/A-Z//RUSH - [Correspondence with Salman Rushdie]

DL/A-Z//RUSH

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[Correspondence with Salman Rushdie]

1989

Rushdie, Salman, 1947-
Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

7 items, some highlighted. Correspondence between Salman Rushdie and Doris Lessing, regarding The Satanic Verses controversy. Includes a letter from Mark Le Fanu from The Society of Authors (item 001) and a copy of The Sunday Times dated 07/02/1993 with Rushdie on the cover (item 007).

DL/A-Z//RUSH/001 [from Mark Le Fanu of The Society of Authors to Doris Lessing, 23/02/1989]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes of the "appalling threats to the lives of Salman Rushdie and his publishers", and that a 'Committee for the Defence of Salman Rushdie and his Publishers' has been formed. Asks Lessing to sign a 'World Statement' in support of Rushdie and the committee.

DL/A-Z//RUSH/002 [from Doris Lessing to Salman Rushdie, 07/04/1989]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Jokes about having lunch with Rushdie in "heavy disguise", and suggests "even disguised as Khomeini". Mentions Margaret Drabble.

DL/A-Z//RUSH/003 [from Doris Lessing to William Phillips, 01/05/1989]

Letter, 2 leaves, typed.
Discusses the Salman Rushdie "affair" and how many people "vanish into quicksands of hysteria". Discusses freedom of speech and thought. Discusses Islam and how "the tragedy is that the worst of Islam is being put forward as all of Islam". Mentions Khomeini.