Information about the improvement of Rushdie's condition was confirmed by the writer's agent, Andrew Wiley, to the Associated Press.

He did not give any other details.

The day before, it was reported that Rushdie has a damaged eye and is likely to lose it.

The writer was also wounded in the liver and in the hand (nerves were damaged).

The attacker punched 75-year-old Rushdie at least ten times as he prepared to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York.

The man with the knife was detained on the spot, he is 24-year-old Hadi Matar.

He appeared in court in Mayville on the evening of August 13.

The judge ruled to arrest Matar without bail.

District Attorney Jason Schmidt emphasized that he believes the attack was "premeditated": the man came to the lecture with a knife and got a pass to the event using a fake ID.

Matar himself pleaded not guilty to attempted murder.

Come on Matar

Salman Rushdie is a British writer of Indian origin, he has been living in Britain since he was 14 years old, and has been a British citizen since 1964.

In 1981, Rushdie won the Booker Prize for the novel Midnight's Children.

And his fourth novel, written in 1988, "The Satanic Verses", caused the anger of some Muslim communities around the world: some Islamic theologians declared that the novel was blasphemous.

It was banned in India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia.

In 1989, Iran's spiritual leader Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for the writer's murder.

In 2016, the Iranian state media reminded in their publications that the fatwa was not only not canceled - the proposed reward for Rushdie's murder (about $3 million) was increased by $600,000.

Since The Satanic Verses, Rushdie has written and published nine novels, collections of essays and short stories, as well as fairy tales for children.

Among the important topics for him are the place of Islam in the modern world, the self-identification of Muslims and immigrants in different countries.

In Britain, Salman Rushdie received permanent protection from the British government, and in 2000 he moved to the United States.