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Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie CH FRSL (/ s ʌ l ˈ m ɑː n ˈ r ʊ ʃ d i /; born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British-American novelist. His work often combines magical realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations , typically set on the Indian ...
5 days ago · Salman Rushdie (born June 19, 1947, Bombay [now Mumbai], India) is an Indian-born British-American writer whose allegorical novels examine historical and philosophical issues by means of surreal characters, brooding humor, and an effusive and melodramatic prose style.
Feb 28, 2020 · A biography of Salman Rushdie, novelist and author of 'The Satanic Verses' and 13 other magical-realist novels. Learn why he is considered one of the most important literary figures of the modern era.
Short Stories. Born: Mumbai, India. Publishers: Jonathan Cape Ltd. Agents: The Wylie Agency (UK) Ltd. Biography. Salman Rushdie was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) on 19 June 1947. He went to school in Bombay and at Rugby in England, and read History at King's College, Cambridge, where he joined the Cambridge Footlights theatre company.
Aug 12, 2022 · Over a literary career spanning five decades, Sir Salman Rushdie has been no stranger to death threats arising due to the nature of his work. The novelist is one of the most celebrated and ...
Aug 12, 2022 · Salman Rushdie was born in Bombay - now known as Mumbai - two months before Indian independence from Britain. Aged 14, he was sent to England and to school in the town of Rugby, later gaining...
Salman Rushdie has been nominated for the Booker Prize seven times, winning in 1981, and was knighted for services to literature in 2007. Born in Bombay, India, Rushdie is the author of 14 novels - Grimus, Midnight’s Children (which won the 1981 Booker Prize ), Shame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Moor’s Last Sigh ...
Salman Rushdie is the author of eleven novels, a Fellow of the British Royal Society of Literature, and won the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel (twice)...
Jun 22, 2024 · 1. He learned storytelling from his parents. Salman Rushdie was born in Bombay, India. His father was a lawyer turned businessman, and his mother a teacher.
Oct 24, 2014 · Salman Rushdie is the author of thirteen novels: Grimus, Midnight’s Children (which was awarded the Booker Prize in 1981), Shame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Moor’s Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, Shalimar the Clown, The Enchantress of Florence, Luka and the Fire of Life, Two Years Eight Months and ...
