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  1. Rushdie, Salman Rushdie, Ahmed Salman Rushdienoun

    British writer of novels who was born in India; one of his novels is regarded as blasphemous by Muslims and a fatwa was issued condemning him to death (born in 1947)

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  1. salman rushdie

    Salman Rushdie is a British-Indian novelist and essayist known for his richly symbolic, often allegorical narratives which blend elements of magical realism with political commentary. He was born on June 19, 1947 in Bombay, British India and later moved to the United Kingdom for his studies and career. Rushdie gained global fame with his second novel, "Midnight’s Children," which won the Booker Prize in 1981. However, he is probably most famous for his fourth novel, "The Satanic Verses," which sparked significant controversy and led to protests from Muslims who considered it blasphemous. Consequently, a fatwa calling for his assassination was issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, in 1989, prompting Rushdie to live in hiding for a number of years. Rushdie has continued to write and remains an influential figure in the world of literature.

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  1. Salman Rushdie

    Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is a British Indian novelist and essayist. His second novel, Midnight's Children, won the Booker Prize in 1981. Much of his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent. He is said to combine magical realism with historical fiction; his work is concerned with the many connections, disruptions and migrations between East and West. His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, was the centre of a major controversy, provoking protests from Muslims in several countries, some violent. Death threats were made against him, including a fatwā issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, on 14 February 1989. Rushdie was appointed Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France in January 1999. In June 2007, Queen Elizabeth II knighted him for his services to literature. In 2008, The Times ranked him thirteenth on its list of the fifty greatest British writers since 1945. Since 2000, Rushdie has lived in the United States, where he has worked at Emory University and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2012, he published Joseph Anton: A Memoir, an account of his life in the wake of the controversy over The Satanic Verses.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of salman rushdie in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of salman rushdie in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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  1. Stephen Davies:

    He lunged onto Mr. Salman Rushdie and started pummeling him with his hand, very quickly, i was completely stunned and shocked.

  2. Suzanne Nossel:

    PEN America is reeling from shock and horror at the word of a brutal, premeditated attack on our former President and stalwart ally, Sir Salman Rushdie, who was reportedly stabbed multiple times while on stage speaking at the Chautauqua Institute in upstate New York, we can think of no comparable incident of a public attack on a literary writer on American soil.

  3. Boris Johnson:

    Appalled that Sir Salman Rushdie has been stabbed while exercising a right we should never cease to defend. Right now my thoughts are with Sir Salman Rushdie loved ones. We are all hoping Sir Salman Rushdie is okay.

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