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chumloadio OP t1_ix0jko1 wrote

Reply to comment by yIdontunderstand in TIL after a seizure left him paralyzed except for his left eyelid, Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952-1997) wrote the bestselling book "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" by blinking to select each letter as an assistant recited the alphabet to him. by chumloadio

He was born in 1952 and died in 1997. It took him and his assistant two months to write the book

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pirmas697 t1_ix0nbed wrote

Having written a book, that is significantly faster than I would've assumed given his means of writing.

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chumloadio OP t1_ix0o7nl wrote

Thanks for contributing to the topic. Yeah, I agree. I was surprised at the speed of completion too. But that's what the Wikipedia bio reports.

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