"The attack on the idea of libraries themselves. "Now I am sitting here in the U.S., I have to look at the extraordinary attack on libraries, and books for children in schools," he said. Organizers said the accolade "acknowledges the determination of authors, publishers, and booksellers who take a stand against intolerance, despite the ongoing threats they face." Rushdie was awarded the Freedom to Publish award at the event. Speaking via video link to the British Book Awards on Monday night, Rushdie said, "We live in a moment, I think, at which freedom of expression, freedom to publish, has not in my lifetime been under such threat in the countries of the West." Nine months after being seriously injured in a public knife attack, writer Salman Rushdie warned that freedom of expression in the West is more threatened now than he's ever seen, according to The Times of Israel.
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