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Salman Rushdie says he is "over" knife attack

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Hadi Matar , 27 , was sentenced to 25 years for attempted murder last month .

He repeatedly stabbed the author on a New York lecture stage in 2022 .

The Midnight's Children and Satanic Verses writer was left with life-changing injuries after the attack.

In November , he will publish a short story collection, The Eleventh Hour , his first work of fiction.

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22

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informal

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English

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33

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