Salman Rushdie’s ‘Knife,’ Nominated For National Book Award

Knife by Salman Rushdie

India-West News Desk

NEW YORK, NY – Salman Rushdie’s memoir, ‘Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder,’ has been nominated for a National Book Award. This candid and resilient account of his 2022 stabbing is a notable addition to Rushdie’s distinguished literary career.

The National Book Foundation released the longlists for the nonfiction and poetry categories on September 12. These lists, which include 10 nominees each, will be narrowed down to five finalists on October 1. The winners will be announced at a Manhattan dinner ceremony on November 20.

Despite his long career, Knife marks Rushdie’s first National Book Award nomination. Previously, he was ineligible for the award as he was a British citizen. However, he has been a U.S. citizen since 2016.

Rushdie, 77, shot into fame with the 1981 publication of ‘Midnight’s Children’ and gained international notoriety with the 1988 release of ‘The Satanic Verses,’ which led to a death decree from Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.