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Article History
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| Noted that his 2022 attacker was convicted of terrorism-related charges. | Jul 30, 2026 | ||
| Invalidated site: The Guardian - A tsunami of outrage: Salman Rushdie and The Satanic Verses. | Jul 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Salmon Rushdie. | Jul 24, 2026 | ||
| Noted the beginning of the terrorism trial related to the 2022 knife attack on Rushdie. | Jul 22, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 15, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CBS News - Salman Rushdie on "The Eleventh Hour" and free speech. | May 22, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CBC.ca - Salman Rushdie reflects on surviving, storytelling and life's eleventh hour. | Mar 21, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Who is Salman Rushdie? The writer who emerged from hiding. | Jan 23, 2026 | ||
| Added his book The Eleventh Hour and top questions. | Nov 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Harvard Business Review - LifeÂs Work: An Interview with Salman Rushdie. | Jul 27, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 13, 2025 | ||
| Noted that his attacker from 2022 was found guilty of attempted murder. | Feb 21, 2025 | ||
| Article revised and updated | Nov 12, 2024 | ||
| Article revised and updated | Nov 11, 2024 | ||
| Article revised and updated | Nov 11, 2024 | ||
| Article revised and updated | Nov 11, 2024 | ||
| Revised opening statement to mention death threats and attacks against him and note that he is central figure in free speech debates. | Apr 22, 2024 | ||
| Mentioned his marriages to Padma Lakshmi and Rachel Eliza Griffiths and his 2024 memoir, Knife. | Apr 15, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - A tsunami of outrage: Salman Rushdie and The Satanic Verses. | Nov 10, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Oct 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Montgomery Fellows - Sir Salman Rushdie. | Apr 28, 2023 | ||
| Added the book Victory City. | Feb 07, 2023 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 12, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jun 08, 2021 | ||
| Added the book Languages of Truth. | May 25, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Authors - Biography of Salman Rushdie. | Nov 20, 2019 | ||
| Added the novel Quichotte. | Sep 13, 2019 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Sep 27, 2017 | ||
| Added the book The Golden House. | Sep 06, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 07, 2016 | ||
| Noted the release of Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights (2015). | Sep 17, 2015 | ||
| Added the 2012 film adaptation of Midnight's Children. | Apr 26, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indianetzone - Indian Literature - Biography of Salman Rushdie. | Feb 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Man Booker Prizes - Biography of Salman Rushdie. | Feb 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Salman Rushdie. | Feb 08, 2013 | ||
| Added the memoir Joseph Anton (2012). Changed "fatwa" to "fatwÄ." Clarified that Luka and the Fire of Life is a children's book. | Sep 19, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Biography of Salman Rushdie. | May 18, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Council - Literature - Biography of Salman Rushdie. | May 18, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Emory University - Biography of Salman Rushdie. | May 18, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: ILoveIndia.com - Biography of Salman Rushdie. | May 18, 2012 | ||
| Added new book, Luka and the Fire of Life (2010). | Jan 24, 2011 | ||
| Added photograph. | Jun 03, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Pegasos - Biography of Salman Rushdie. | Nov 28, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: British Council - Literature - Biography of Salman Rushdie. | Nov 28, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 13, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 09, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 20, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: British Council - Literature - Biography of Salman Rushdie. |
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May 31, 2007 | |
| Added new Web site: Subir Grewal - Biography of Salman Rushdie. |
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May 31, 2007 | |
| Added new Web site: University Scholars Programme - A Biography of Salman Rushdie. |
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May 31, 2007 | |
| Added new Web site: Quatr.us Study Guides - Jain Religion. |
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May 31, 2007 | |
| Added new Web site: Fidel Fajardo - Biography of Salman Rushdie. |
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May 31, 2007 | |
| Article revised. | Apr 19, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Sep 01, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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