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A British Indian novelist and essayist; born 1947.

Best known for Midnight's Children, and the controversy surrounding The Satanic Verses, which resulted in protests from Muslims worldwide, public book-burnings, and a fatwa calling for his execution issued by Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran.

He received a Knighthood in 2007.

  • Salman Rushdie  - The novelist's official site, with a profile, information about books in print, details of appearances, and media resources.
  • Islam and Globanalisation  - An article for Egypt's Al Ahram Weekly by Hamid Dabashi discusses a wider context to the call by Rushdie and others "for resistance to religious totalitarianism." [2006].
  • Kashmir, Paradise Lost  - An interview with Salman Rushdie about his novel "Shalimar the Clown", where he discusses the destruction of Kashmir's traditional culture of tolerance by the Indian army and militant jihadists.
  • PEN World Voices Festival 2009  - Offers a brief profile of the author and his involvement with PEN, with audio clips, articles, and links.
  • Salman Rushdie  - The Postcolonial and Postimperial Web provides a range of resources and links to aid in the study of Rushdie's life and work, and its wider context.
  • Salman Rushdie  - The Guardian provides a profile of the author, with links to current news items.
  • Salman Rushdie  - Provides a profile and critical appreciation, with a bibliography and details of the author's prizes and awards. In the British Council's Contemporary Writers series.
  • Salman Rushdie (1947-)  - Offers a concise profile and bibliography.
  • Salman Rushdie Papers  - Information about the collection of the author's papers and manuscripts held by the library of Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
  • Salman Rushdie: An Interview  - Conducted by Johann Hari for the Independent in 2006.
  • Salman Rushdie: provoking people is in my DNA  - A Daily Telegraph interview with the author on the occasion of the publication of The Enchantress of Florence (2008).
 
 
 
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