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Salman Rushdie

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Born: June 18 1947

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Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is a novelist and essayist. Much of his early fiction is set at least partly on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism, while a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions and migrations between the Eastern and Western world.

His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, led to protests from Muslims in several countries, some of which were violent. Faced with death threats and a fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Supreme Leader of Iran, which called for him to be killed, he spent nearly a decade largely underground, appearing in public only sporadically. In June 2007, he was appointed a Knight Bachelor for "services to literature", which "thrilled and humbled" him. In 2007, he began a five-year term as Distinguished Writer in Residence at Emory University.

Salman Rushdie

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Born: June 18 1947

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Salman Rushdie

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Books from Salman Rushdie

Midnight's Children

The Satanic Verses

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

The Enchantress of Florence

Shalimar the Clown

The Ground Beneath Her Feet

Shame

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights

The Golden House

Dangling Man

The Best American Short Stories 2008

Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002

Quichotte

The Moor's Last Sigh

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2016

Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020

Joseph Anton: A Memoir

Luka and the Fire of Life

Paris Review Interviews, IV

Fury