Salman Rushdie
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 migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent. Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two occasions that marked the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.
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- Born in
- Mumbai
- Educated at
- King's CollegeRugby SchoolCathedral and John Connon School
- Awards
- 🏆 Booker Prize🏆 Mythopoeic Awards
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1947
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