The Emory Wheel: Salman Rushdie to Join Faculty

Author of Satanic Verses Accepts Professorship

By: Chris Megerian and Salvador Rizzo

Issue date: 10/6/06 Section: News

Salman Rushdie, the controversial and award-winning author of The Satanic Verses, has accepted an invitation to become a professor in Emory's English department.
A senior Emory official with knowledge of the negotiations confirmed Rushdie's acceptance. Vice President of Communications Ron Sauder would not corroborate the decision on Thursday.
The appointment of the British-Indian writer makes Rushdie arguably the second best-known professor at Emory, after former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

Source: The Emory Wheel

On Rushdie's impact in the Netherlands cf. my 1989's contribution to Rushdie-Effecten (Rushdie effects).