the festival, and Jaipur, after reading excerpts from Rushdie's banned novel at the festival. The four were urged to leave by organizers as there was a real possibility they would be arrested. A proposed video link session between Rushdie and the Jaipur Literature Festival was also cancelled at the last minute after the government pressured the festival to stop it. Rushdie returned to India to address a conference in New Delhi on 16 March 2012. Chautauqua attack (2022) On 12 August 2022, while about to start a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, Rushdie was attacked by a man who rushed onto the stage and stabbed him repeatedly, including in the neck and abdomen. The attacker was pulled away before being taken into custody by a state trooper; Rushdie was airlifted to UPMC Hamot, a tertiary trauma centre in Erie, Pennsylvania, where he underwent surgery before being put on a ventilator. Security measures at UPMC Hamot were increased due to the potential threat of further attempts on his life. This included 24 hour protection with a security officer outside his room and searches being performed upon entry into the hospital. The suspect was identified as 24-year-old Hadi Matar of Fairview, New Jersey. Later in the day, Rushdie's agent, Andrew Wylie, confirmed that Rushdie had received stab injuries to the liver and hand, and that he might lose an eye. A day later, Rushdie was taken off the ventilator and was able to speak. On 23 October 2022, Wylie reported that Rushdie had lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand but survived the murder attempt. Awards, honours, and recognition Salman Rushdie has received many plaudits for his writings, including the European Union's Aristeion Prize for Literature, the Premio Grinzane Cavour (Italy), and the Writer of the Year Award in Germany, and many of literature's highest honours. Awards and honours include: Austrian State Prize for European Literature (1993) Booker Prize (1981) Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Liège, Belgium (1999) Golden PEN Award Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award (2014) Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Indiana University (2018) Honorary Doctor of Letters from Emory University (2015) James Joyce Award from University College Dublin (2008) Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Cultural Humanism from Harvard University (2007) PEN Pinter Prize (UK) St. Louis Literary Award from the Saint Louis University Library Associates Swiss Freethinkers Award 2019 Knighthood