Salman Rushdie Honored with Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award
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Author Salman Rushdie has been awarded the first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award by the Vaclav Havel Center in New York. Rushdie, who has largely kept his whereabouts secret since being stabbed in 2022, accepted the award at a ceremony attended by writers and diplomats. The award recognizes Rushdie's commitment to free expression and his friendship with Vaclav Havel, the Czech playwright and dissident. Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah was also honored with the Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk.
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