Salman Rushdie

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Overview:

Legal Name: Rushdie, Ahmed Salman
Place of Birth: Bombay, India
Date of Birth: June 19, 1947

Notes:

Writer whose work has been overshadowed by the fatwa pronounced upon him by the Islamic fundamentalists of Iran for his writings in The Satanic Verses. While the equally controversial The Moor's Last Sigh hasn't resulted in a "death sentence", it has been banned in India.

Novels:

1975. Grimus
1980. Midnight's Children
1983. Shame
1988. The Satanic Verses
1990. Haroun and the Sea of Stories
1996. The Moor's Last Sigh
1999. The Ground Beneath Her Feet
1999. The Screenplay of Midnight's Children

Short Fiction:

1996. The Firebird's Nest

Essays:

1995. Introduction

Non-fiction:

2005. Shalimar the Clown

Awards:

1992. Haroun and the Sea of Stories Mythopoeic, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature
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Genres/Themes:

Fantasy (1 book)
Magical Realism (1 book)

Resources:

Wikipedia article on Salman Rushdie

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