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Rushdie says 'struggle continues' in first public appearance since attack

British writer Salman Rushdie attended a New York gala on Thursday (May 18) night, in his first public appearance since a knife attack that nearly took his life last year.

The changes include making Oompa-Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory gender neutral.
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Salman Rushdie attacks Dahl rewrites as 'absurd censorship'

Novelist Salman Rushdie led condemnations on Monday (Feb 20) of Roald Dahl’s children’s books being re-edited for a modern audience, calling it “absurd censorship” by “bowdlerising sensitivity police”...

Salman Rushdie's first book since he was attacked in August 2022 has hit store shelves in the United States.
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Salman Rushdie’s new novel is an ode to storytelling and freedom

“Victory City” tells the story of an Indian princess-poet with magical powers

Rushdie suffered three serious wounds in his neck. His agent says one hand is incapacitated because the nerves in his arm were cut. And he has about 15 more wounds in his chest and torso.
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Salman Rushdie lost sight in one eye following attack, agent says

Salman Rushdie lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand following an attack on stage at a literary event in western New York in August, his agent said.

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