Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie (born Ahmed Salman Rushdie on June 19, 1947, in Bombay, India) is an Indian-born British essayist and author of fiction, most of which is set on the Indian subcontinent. He grew up in Mumbai (then Bombay) attended Rugby School, Warwickshire, then King's College, Cambridge in England. He is a British citizen. Following an advertising career with Ayer Barker, he became a full-time writer. His narrative style, blending myth and fantasy with real life, has been described as connected with magic realism. In 2004, Rushdie married for the fourth time, this time to prominent Indian model and actress Padma Lakshmi.

Awards

Some of the awards that Rushdie has won includes the following

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• Booker Prize for Fiction
• James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Fiction)
• Arts Council Writers' Award
• English-Speaking Union Award
• "Booker of Bookers" or the best novel among the Booker Prize winners for Fiction
• Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger
• Whitbread Novel Award
• Writers' Guild Award (Children's Book)