Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie (born 1947) is a British writer, novelist and essayist.
Also recorded as Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie; Joseph Anton.
Overview
Recorded at birth as احمد سلمان رُشدی.
Born at Mumbai in 1947.
In detail
Salman Rushdie studied at Rugby School, King's College and Cathedral and John Connon School. the recorded working language is Urdu, English and Kashmiri.
The field of work recorded is history. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are magic realism. The authority associates the name with historical criticism. Italo Calvino, Vladimir Nabokov and Christopher Hitchens are recorded as an influence.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Cambridge and New York City. Employment is recorded with Emory University. Membership is recorded of Royal Society of Literature, PEN America and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Works named in the authority record are The Satanic Verses.
Work by Salman Rushdie is recorded in the collections of Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Distinctions recorded are Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, PEN Pinter Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize and Booker Prize.
Sources
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“Salman Rushdie”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q44306: Salman Rushdie
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