Hürriyet, Turkey

Sunday, September 23, 2007 03:08

Orhan Pamuk vs. Salman Rushdie

Two of the most renowned names in literature, Salman
Rushdie and Orhan Pamuk, are to have a battle of words
in New York.

Salman Rushdie provoked violent reactions from the
Muslim world with his famous book, The Satanic Verses.
The Nobel Prize-winning Orhan Pamuk created much
controversy with his claims regarding the so-called
Armenian Genocide. Both have received death threats.

The conservation is part of a larger annual literary
festival run by the New Yorker, a leading American
weekly magazine, being held between 5-7 October in New
York.