Salman Rushdie: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie
Born	June 19, 1947 (age 79) • Mumbai • India
Awards And Honors	Costa Book Awards (1995) • Costa Book Awards (1988) • Booker Prize (1981)
Notable Works	“Fury” • “Joseph Anton” • “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder” • “Languages of Truth: Essays 2003–2020” • “Luka and the Fire of Life” • “Midnight’s Children” • “Quichotte” • “Shalimar the Clown” • “Shame” • “Step Across This Line” • “The Eleventh Hour” • “The Enchantress of Florence” • “The Golden House” • “The Ground Beneath Her Feet” • “The Moors Last Sigh” • “The Satanic Verses” • “Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights”
Notable Family Members	spouse Padma Lakshmi