Author · born 1947
Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born English and American novelist (born 1947). Born in Mumbai.
Our catalogue lists 3 books by Salman Rushdie, mostly fae fiction, adventure fiction and angel fiction. They span 1990 to 2015. The most-read is Haroun and the Sea of Stories (1990).
Books by Salman Rushdie
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
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Shalimar the Clown
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Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-eight Nights
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Awards
- ✦Locus Awards 2009 — Best Fantasy Novel, The Enchantress of Florence (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1990 — Best Fantasy Novel, The Satanic Verses (nominee)
- 🏆Mythopoeic Awards 1992 — Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, Haroun and the Sea of Stories (winner)
Biography
Salman Rushdie was born in 1947 in Bombay to a Kashmiri family. He won the Booker Prize in 1981. Much of his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism mixed with historical fiction, and a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions and migrations between the Eastern and Western world.