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Jun 26, 2024 · 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.
Jun 19, 2024 · Rushdie was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), British India to a Muslim family of Kashmiri heritage. His father, Anis Rushdie, was once dismissed from the prestigious Indian Civil Services (ICS) after the British government found out that he had produced a forged date of birth proof.
Jun 12, 2024 · Midnight’s Children, allegorical novel by Salman Rushdie, published in 1981. It is a historical chronicle of modern India centring on the inextricably linked fates of two children who were born within the first hour of independence from Great Britain. Exactly at midnight on Aug. 15, 1947, two boys.
Jun 25, 2024 · Salman Rushdie is an American-British novelist who was born in India. He has won several prestigious awards and has won various literary awards including the Booker Prize, Whitbread Books Award, and International Dublin Literary Award among others.
4 days ago · Interview: Meeting Salman Rushdie evokes the profound emotion of witnessing his survival. Nearly two years after the attack, the “The Satanic Verses” author returns to the stage, embodying the...
Jun 19, 2024 · Instagram. 1981 Booker Prize winner and perhaps Rushdie's best-loved novel, Midnight's Children tells the story of Saleem Sinai, who is born at midnight, just as India gains independence from Britain.
2 days ago · The man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie rejected a plea deal Tuesday that would have shortened his state prison term but exposed him to a federal terrorism-related charge, the suspect’s lawyer said. Hadi Matar, 26, has been held without bail since the 2022 attack, in which he is accused of stabbing Rushdie more than a dozen times ...
