Salman Rushdie (1947-) is an author of fiction, mostly set on the Indian subcontinent. He grew up in
Bombay,
India, then graduated with honors from [King's College]
? in
Cambridge, England. After the publication of
[Satanic Verses]? in 1989, a
fatwa promising his execution was placed on him, and he has therefore lived in hiding since then, in the United States.
Published books:
- Grimus (1975)
- Midnight's Children (1980)
- Shame (1983)
- The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey (1987)
- The Satanic Verses (1989)
- Haroun and the Sea of Stories (1990)
- The Moor's Last Sigh (1995)
- The Ground Beneath her Feet (1999)
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