Atwood praises the ‘huge personal courage’ of the Bangladeshi publisher, who survived a machete attack by Islamic extremists and still won’t be silenced
After surviving an extremist attack in his own country and being forced into exile in Norway, the Bangladeshi publisher and writer Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury, who is also known as Tutul, was named winner of the International Writer of Courage award by Margaret Atwood, on 13 October.
Speaking in London, he challenged his critics to counter his views in writing, rather than with violence, describing “a strong effort in Bangladesh to turn the wheels of civilisation backwards and repeat the events and lies of a barbaric era”.
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