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Now playing Next Culture news Salman Rushdie speaks out in first TV interview since attack "Writers can outlast the thing that opposes them," said Salman Rushdie in his first television interview after the attack he suffered in August last year, which left him blind in one eye and also paralysed one of his hands. 09/06/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Celebrated novelist Martin Amis dies aged 73 Amis’ works were rebellious, witty and daring and made him one of the most prominent writers of his generation. 22/05/2023
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Now playing Next Culture news World Poetry Day: Do you know your sonnets from your haikus? Every year, World Poetry Day is celebrated on 21 March with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression. 21/03/2023
Now playing Next Culture news US Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison honoured with new stamp US author Toni Morrison has been immortalised on a stamp, which was unveiled by the US Postal Service during a tribute on Tuesday. 08/03/2023
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