Salman Rushdie
Author of Midnight's Children
About the Author
Salman Rushdie was born in India on June 19, 1947. He was raised in Pakistan and educated in England. His novels include Grimus, Shame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Moor's Last Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Fury, Shalimar the Clown, The Enchantress of Florence, Luka show more and the Fire of Life, and The Golden House. His non-fiction works include Joseph Anton, Imaginary Homelands, The Jaguar Smile, and Step across This Line. He also wrote a collection of short stories entitled East, West. He has received numerous awards including the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel twice, the James Tait Black Prize, the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, the Booker Prize in 1981 for Midnight's Children, and the 2014 PEN/Pinter Prize. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: photo by Gregg Chadwick
Series
Works by Salman Rushdie
The Duniazát 9 copies
Faca: reflexões sobre um atentado 4 copies
The Firebird's Nest 3 copies
CUCHILLO 3 copies
The shelter of the world 2 copies
A Very Indian Christmas: The Greatest Indian Holiday Stories of All Time (Very Christmas) (2024) 2 copies
Salman Rushdie at the 92nd Street Y 2 copies
Toba Tek Singh 1 copy
Taal van de waarheid 1 copy
Miasto Zwycięstwa 1 copy
Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella of Spain Consummate Their Relationship (Santa Fe, AD 1492) [short fiction] (1991) 1 copy
COUTEAU (LE) 1 copy
Sejrens by (Victory City) 1 copy
අඳුන් දිවි හිනාව 1 copy
COUTEAU (LE) 1 copy
Midnight's Fiction 1 copy
El valor de la palabra 1 copy
TURPI 1 copy
Harun Ile Oykuler Denizi 1 copy
Języki prawdy 1 copy
"Introduction" 1 copy
Two Stories 1 copy
Söngvar Satans 1 copy
What Rushdie Says About the British — Contributor — 1 copy
O Caminho das Fadas 1 copy
The Old Man in the Piazza 1 copy
Nhà Golden 1 copy
Những đứa con của nửa đêm 1 copy
Nàng phù thủy thành Florence 1 copy
Haroun và biển truyện 1 copy
Associated Works
The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories (1999) — Contributor — 352 copies
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases (2020) — Contributor — 187 copies
Novels II of Samuel Beckett: Volume II of The Grove Centenary Editions (Works of Samuel Beckett the Grove Centenary… (2006) — Introduction — 166 copies
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributor — 133 copies
The Penguin Book of Migration Literature: Departures, Arrivals, Generations, Returns (2019) — Contributor — 73 copies
Lunatics, Lovers and Poets: Twelve Stories after Cervantes and Shakespeare (2016) — Introduction — 35 copies
Soldiers Three and In Black and White (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) (1993) — Introduction, some editions — 26 copies
Fotspår : noveller ur Sveriges radio P1:s serie Författarskap på fötter (2003) — Contributor — 5 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Rushdie, Salman
- Legal name
- Rushdie, Ahmed Salman
- Birthdate
- 1947-06-19
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- India (birth)
UK
USA - Country (for map)
- India
- Birthplace
- Mumbai, India
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
New York, New York, USA - Education
- King's College, Cambridge
- Occupations
- novelist
editor - Relationships
- Wiggins, Marianne (2nd spouse)
Lakshmi, Padma (4th spouse) - Organizations
- PEN American Center
- Awards and honors
- German Author of the Year (1989)
Austrian State Prize for European Literature (1992)
Kurt Tucholsky Prize (1992)
Prix Colette (1993)
British Book Award ( [1996])
Mantova Literary Prize (1997) (show all 21)
Budapest Grand Prize for Literature (1988)
Order of the British Empire ( [2007])
fatwa by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (1989)
Granta's Best of Young British Novelists (1983)
Freedom of the City, Mexico City (1999)
Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1999)
Aristeion Literary Prize (1996)
Arts Council Writers' Award (1981)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (1983)
Man Booker International Prize Finalist (2007)
Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Cultural Humanism, Harvard University (2007)
PEN/Pinter prize (2014)
H.C. Andersens litteraturpris (2014)
Knighthood (2022, Order of the Companions of Honour: CH)
Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2009)
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Salman Rushdie and The Satanic Verses in Banned Books (August 2023)
The Satanic Verses in Book talk (August 2023)
Found: Books alluded to in "Quichotte" by Salman Rushdie in Name that Book (August 2023)
Salman Rushdie attacked on stage, New York in Book talk (October 2022)
Group Read, September 2022: The Satanic Verses in 1001 Books to read before you die (September 2022)
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE SEPTEMBER 2015 - LEVY & RUSHDIE in 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (October 2015)
1001 Group Read: The Satanic Verses in 1001 Books to read before you die (January 2011)
**Group Read: Midnight's Children General Thread** in 75 Books Challenge for 2010 (April 2010)
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Statistics
- Works
- 107
- Also by
- 43
- Members
- 62,291
- Popularity
- #230
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
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- 37
- Favorited
- 310
There are children born to time. Born on midnight. The day that India became independent. Born to such an event has shackled them to history. A destiny awaits them all. Born to such a lineage has given them power. These children have different powers, and not all the powers are wanted. The children do not know their siblings, but create a conference for the children of midnight. Using their power inspired change, but they were confused about the morality of their decisions.
This is a story of magical realism. In which reality is relative to perspective. Reality itself becomes an illusion. A child of midnight is writing down the memory of the children. Before the writer vanishes into dust. Acknowledging that memory creates its own version of events. This is a book steeped into the cultural traditions of India. To not forget the cultural heritage.
Caveats?
The book can be difficult to read. There is a quick transition between events, topics, and ideas that can be hard to follow.
The book has references and itself is a combination of various popular stories. Following their narrative structure. An extra layer of value is provided for those who already read the referenced books.… (more)