Salman Rushdie refuses to be 'diverted' by terrorism after surviving near-fatal stabbing attack
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Salman Rushdie premieres documentary about 2022 stabbing attack at Sundance. The 78-year-old author, who lost sight in one eye, says he refused to let violence change his writing.
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"The reason for doing it is that I felt it wasn’t just about me, that there were principles at stake, and that actually maybe people should see what a terrorist attack looks like up close," Rushdie, 78, told The Wrap during the Sundance Film Festival.
Rushdie, who lost sight in one eye and suffered lasting damage to his hand in the 2022 attack, said he made a conscious decision not to allow the violence to alter his work as a writer.
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