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Salman Rushdie: Desert Island Picks Revealed
23 Nov
Summary
- Writer Salman Rushdie won the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children.
- He faced a fatwa and lived in hiding after The Satanic Verses.
- He survived a 2022 stabbing and wrote about the attack.
Sir Salman Rushdie, a celebrated author, has shared the eight tracks, book, and luxury item he would choose for a desert island. Born in Bombay in 1947, Rushdie's novel 'Midnight's Children' earned him the Booker Prize in 1981 and has since been lauded multiple times. His career, however, has also been marked by controversy and periods of intense personal challenge.
His fourth novel, 'The Satanic Verses,' sparked significant backlash, leading to a fatwa and a decade spent in hiding. More recently, in 2022, Rushdie survived a brutal stabbing attack in New York. He chronicled this traumatic event and its aftermath in his memoir, 'Knife,' and was awarded a Companion of Honour for his contributions to literature that same year.
Rushdie, who is married to poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths and resides in New York, has two sons and two grandchildren. His willingness to share personal reflections, even on challenging experiences, continues to resonate with readers worldwide.
