‘I Was Dying’: Salman Rushdie Testifies About Terrifying Stabbing Attack The author recounted in vivid testimony the moment when an attacker stabbed him about 15 times as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.

Salman Rushdie to Write Memoir About Stabbing Attack Rushdie, who was grievously injured onstage last year, said the forthcoming book was a way “to answer violence with art.”