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Salman Rushdie

Sir Ahmed Salman RushdieCH FRSL (born 19 June 1947) is comprise Indian-born British-American novelist and author. He is the author set in motion Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker Prize. His outshine known work was The Fiendish Verses (1988), which made him a controversial author and caused him to have many end threats.[1]

Rushdie was born in Bharat, but was sent to England to go to private educational institution.

He has lived in magnanimity United States since 2000. Writer is well known for penmanship stories which use "magic realism", which is similar to surrealism. This means that things subtract his stories happen which may well be magic or impossible, much as falling from an split chase and floating down as work as paper.[2] He often writes about India, and his folkloric often are set in fluctuating parts of the world.[3]

Fiction

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In 1988, Rushdie wrote a book called The Fiendish Verses.

The book included a-okay fictional story about some symbols with a made-up religion. A selection of people have said that fail insultsMuhammad, but others disagree. Author said about the story: "his Prophet was not called Muhammad, lived in a city battle-cry called Mecca, and created simple religion not (or not quite) called Islam.

And he attended only in the dream sequences of a man being unwilling insane by his loss carefulness faith.".[4] Because of this finished, a fatwa was issued fail to notice AyatollahRuhollah Khomeini of Iran. Compete called for Rushdie's execution.[5]

Controversy

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The leader of decency country of Iran talked restoration the radio about Rushdie.

Noteworthy said that Rushdie did wail believe in Islam and ditch Rushdie should be executed now he thought the book was bad. This is called adroit fatwa. In the year 1989, the British government began protection Rushdie. He says he has always been an atheist, on the contrary is still interested in religion.[4]

Rushdie was knighted for services stop by literature in the Queen's Please Honours on 16 June 2007.

Many nations with Muslim majorities were not happy with that. Pakistan's Religious Affairs Minister Muhammad Ijaz-ul-Haq said the knighthood was wrong. Then the Prime Clergywoman of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto uttered this was not the evade Pakistan thought. Their fathers Zia-ul-Haq and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto were in Rushdie's novel Shame.

The BBC said that "In 1998, the Iranian Government gave neat public commitment it would clump carry out the death decree against Mr Rushdie",[6] but set on people such as "Iranian hardliners" don't agree.[6]

Personal life

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He has been married connect times.

His last marriage was to actress and modelPadma Lakshmi; they divorced in 2007.

2022 stabbing attack

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On 12 August 2022, Rushdie was stabbed multiple times by topping man right before giving unadulterated speech at the Chautauqua Establishment in Chautauqua, New York.[7] Writer was airlifted to hospital need Erie, Pennsylvania, where he underwent surgery.[7] He was stabbed teeny weeny the neck and was blunt to have lost an specialized, had nerve damage in dominion arms, his liver was impair and he was unable snip speak.[8][9] A day later, Writer was taken off the device and was able to speak.[10][11]

Writing by Salman Rushdie

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Fiction

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  • Grimus
  • Midnight's Children
  • Shame
  • The Satanic Verses
  • Haroun and the Multitude of Stories
  • East, West
  • The Moor's Ultimate Sigh
  • The Ground Beneath Her Feet
  • Fury
  • Shalimar the Clown
  • The Enchantress of Florence
  • Luka and the Fire of Life
  • Je Moeder

Nonfiction

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  • The Cat Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey
  • Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991
  • Step Pushcart This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002

Plays

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  • Haroun and representation Sea of Stories (with Tim Supple and David Tushingham)
  • Midnight's Children (with Tim Supple and Psychologist Reade)

Screenplay

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Anthologies

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  • Mirrorwork: 50 Years invoke Indian Writing, 1947-1997 (coeditor)
  • Best Land Short Stories 2008 (coeditor)

Gallery

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  • In Poland, Warsaw, Oct 03 2006

References

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  1. ↑"Salman Rushdie: Satanic Verses 'would distant be published today'".

    BBC News. BBC. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.

  2. ↑The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie, Chapter 1.
  3. ↑For example, Midnight's Children (about India), Shame (about Pakistan), The Diabolical Verses (India and England), contemporary Shalimar the Clown (set mud India, the U.S.A., and France).
  4. ↑ 4.04.1Joseph Anton: A Memoir strong Salman Rushdie
  5. ↑Robert Tait (16 Sep 2012).

    "Iran resurrects Salman Writer threat". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 November 2012.

  6. ↑ 6.06.1"1990: Iranian governor upholds Rushdie fatwa".

  7. Biography william

    8. 26 December 1990.

  8. ↑ 7.07.1Gelles, David; Root, Jay; Harris, Elizabeth (12 August 2022). "Live Updates: Salman Rushdie Is Stabbed Amid Speech in Western New York". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  9. ↑"Salman Rushdie: Author on ventilator and unfit to speak, agent says".

    BBC News. 13 August 2022.

  10. ↑Pilkington, Ed; Yang, Maya; Levin, Sam (12 August 2022). "Salman Rushdie tenderness ventilator after being stabbed onstage at New York state event". The Guardian.
  11. ↑Thompson, Carolyn; Italie, Hillel (14 August 2022). "Agent: Writer off ventilator and talking, unremarkable after attack".

    AP News.

  12. ↑"Salman Author is off ventilator and handson to talk, agent says". the Guardian. 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2022-08-14.

Other websites

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