Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie CH FRSL is an Indian-born British-American novelist. His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between See more

Copywriter
Rushdie worked as a copywriter for the advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather, where he came up … See more

The publication of The Satanic Verses by Viking Penguin in September 1988 caused immediate controversy in the Islamic world because of what was seen by some to be an irreverent depiction of Muhammad. The title refers to a disputed Muslim tradition that is referenced in … See more

Novels
• Grimus (1975)
• Midnight's Children (1981)
• Shame (1983) See more

Rushdie was born in Bombay on 19 June 1947 during the British Raj, into an Indian Kashmiri Muslim family. He is the son of Anis Ahmed Rushdie, a Cambridge-educated lawyer-turned-businessman, and Negin Bhatt, a teacher. Rushdie's father was dismissed from … See more

Salman Rushdie has received many plaudits for his writings, including the European Union's Aristeion Prize for Literature, the See more

Religious background
Rushdie came from a liberal Muslim family, but he is an atheist. In a 2006 interview with See more