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The attacker, Hadi Matar, stabbed Rushdie over a dozen times and left him partially blind.
The novelist made the announcement during an interview at Lviv BookForum.
Salman Rushdie’s memoir about surviving an attempt on his life is nominated for the nonfiction category.
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The novelist was allegedly stabbed by Hadi Matar more than a dozen times in 2022.
The “Satanic Verses” author had a few things to say about people who take their disagreements a bit too seriously.
In his first televised interview since his 2022 stabbing, the writer recalled how he’d brushed off a feeling of foreboding before going to the event where he’d be attacked.
“It’s not the easiest book in the world to write, but it’s something I need to get past in order to do anything else,” he said.
The author gave an impassioned speech nine months after he was stabbed onstage.
“We sincerely thank the brave action of the young American who made Muslims happy by blinding one of Rushdie’s eyes and disabling one of his hands.”
The writer discussed his recovery and the “idiot” who allegedly stabbed him.
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