Salman Rushdie
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Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British and American novelist. His work often combines magical realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrati
Rushdie in 2024
Rushdie presenting his 2005 novel Shalimar the Clown
Rushdie having a discussion with Emory University students in February 2008
Rushdie, right, with writers Catherine Lacey and Siri Hustvedt at the 2014 Brooklyn Book Festival
The Satanic Verses
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The Satanic Verses is the fourth novel by British–Indian writer Salman Rushdie. First published in September 1988, the book was inspired by the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. As with his previo
Salman Rushdie
…was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two occasions that marked the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize. After his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), Rushdie became the subject of several assassination attempts and death threats because of what was seen by some to be an irreverent depiction…
Cover of the first edition, showing a detail from Rustam Killing the White Demon from the Large Clive Album in the Victoria and Albert Museum
Salman Rushdie in 2014