2022 stabbing memoir "Knife" by Salman Rushdie longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize, could be first Booker-Baillie Gifford winner.
Salman Rushdie's memoir, "Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder," which recounts his 2022 stabbing, has been longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction. If he wins, he would be the first author to secure both the Booker Prize and the Baillie Gifford Prize. The shortlist will be revealed on October 10, and the winner on November 19. Other contenders include Richard Flanagan and works addressing themes like colonialism and nuclear war.
September 05, 2024
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