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Salman Rushdie's German Peace Prize 2023 Acceptance Speech

Courtesy - Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels

Salman Rushdie, the British-Indian writer, was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in Frankfurt's historic St Paul's Church in October 2023. The prestigious German Peace Prize, accompanied by a €25,000 ($27,300) payment, has been a significant honour in Germany since its inception in 1950.

In a commendatory speech, Rushdie's friend and fellow writer, Daniel Kehlmann, lauded him as "possibly the most important defender of freedom of art and speech of our time."

Despite surviving a stabbing attack last year, Rushdie expressed his commitment to continuing the defence of freedom of speech.