Author Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is able to talk again, a day after being stabbed, reports BBC.
His agent, Andrew Wylie, confirmed the news to media. However, he had previously said he feared that the author might lose an eye.
Salman Rushdie, 75, was attacked while speaking at an event in New York and was in life support. His condition was very critical. .
Rushdie has faced years of death threats for his novel The Satanic Verses, which some Muslims see as blasphemous.
Hadi Matar, 24, charged over the attack pleaded not guilty to attempted murder on Saturday, and has been remanded in custody without bail.
He is accused of running onto the stage and stabbing Salman Rushdie at least 10 times in the face, neck and abdomen. Following the attack, agent Wylie said Rushdie had suffered severed nerves in one arm, damage to his liver, and would likely lose an eye.
While the author's latest condition has not yet been updated, several fellow writers and scholars tweeted their relief at finding out the novelist was now able to talk.
Michael Hill, the president of the Chautauqua Institution where the attack took place, also tweeted the news.
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