Rushdie says writing about attack helped take power

Published date22 April 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
The 76-year-old Indian-born author lost sight in his right eye after the on-stage attack at the Chautauqua Institution in New York

He discussed his experience of suffering severe and life-changing injuries at a Southbank event on Sunday while promoting the memoir Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder, which was released on Tuesday.

Sir Salman, educated at Rugby

School in Warwickshire and King's College, Cambridge, spoke via video from his home in the US.

The Booker Prize-winning writer said: "It gave me back control of the narrative. So instead...

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