"Just wondering if the Royal Society of Literature is "impartial" about attempted murder, @BernardineEvari? (Asking for a friend.)"
— Salman Rushdie

January 1, 1970

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At this time, Bernardine Evaristo was president of the Royal Society of Literature. The RSL "cannot take sides in writers' controversies and issues," Evaristo had written in The Guardian, it "must remain impartial", although Evaristo and the RSL responded with posts on X indicating her comment in the article was not about Rushdie.