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Sir Ahmad Salman Rushdie is a British Indian novelist and essayist best known for his controversial novel The Satanic Verses. Born in Mumbai, India, on June 19, 1947, Rushdie is considered one of the most prominent and celebrated writers of the 20th and 21st centuries. He has been awarded numerous literary prizes, including the Booker Prize in 1981 for his second novel, Midnight’s Children.
Rushdie’s early life was marked by cultural and religious diversity. He was raised in a Muslim family but his parents were also influenced by Hindu and Parsi traditions. He attended the Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai and then studied history at King’s College, Cambridge. After graduation, he worked as an advertising copywriter and television producer in London before starting his writing career in earnest. His first novel, Grimus, was published in 1975 and received mixed reviews. It was his second novel, Midnight’s Children, that brought him international recognition. The novel is set in India and tells the story of a child born at the stroke of midnight on the day of India’s independence from British rule. The book was awarded the Booker Prize and was later named the “Booker of Bookers,” recognizing it as the best novel to have won the prize in its first 25 years.
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East, West
East, West
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Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies
Good Advice is Rarer than Rubies
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Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
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Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991
Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991
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Joseph Anton: A Memoir
Joseph Anton: A Memoir
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Knife
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
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Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children
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Quichotte
Quichotte
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Shalimar the Clown
Shalimar the Clown
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Shame
Shame
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The Golden House
The Golden House
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The Ground Beneath Her Feet
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
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The Moor's Last Sigh
The Moor's Last Sigh
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The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses
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Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
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Victory City
Victory City
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