Salman Rushdie
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- Full Name
- Ahmed Salman Rushdie
- Date of Birth
- 06/19/1947 (61 years old)
- Place of Birth
- Bombay, India
- High School
- Rugby School
- Undergrad
- Cambridge University
- Other Residences
- Atlanta, GA
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Posted: 10:25PM on Jan 07, 2009
"A good writer can make you believe time stands still. Yet the end of all stories, even if the writer forbears to mention it, is death," wrote the English writer Angela Carter, who died 16 years ago this month.
"A good writer can make you believe time stands still. Yet the end of all stories, even if the writer forbears to mention it, is death," wrote the English writer Angela Carter, who died 16 years ago this month.
Salman Rushdie says J.K. Rowling challenged young readers (Wizard News)
Posted: 9:46AM on Jan 03, 2009In a new interview in the Times of London, writer Salman Rushdie speaks about not wanting to get married or have kids again, although his latest project, however, is a children's book, and he is fascinated by the success of the Harry Potter books.
Pakistan behind Mumbai terror strikes: Salman Rushdie (New Kerala)
Posted: 12:23AM on Jan 03, 2009London, Jan 3 : India-born author Salman Rushdie blames Pakistan for the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes and has asked Britain to warn the country that 'as long as Pakistan harbours terrorists it's not going to get any Western aid'.
Pakistan behind Mumbai terror strikes: Salman Rushdie (Hindustan Times)
Posted: 7:29AM on Jan 03, 2009COMMENT ON THIS ! Your Views! India-born author Salman Rushdie blames Pakistan for the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes and has asked Britain to warn the country that “as long as Pakistan harbours terrorists it's not going to get any Western aid”.
Salman Rushdie has no desire left to marry again (New Kerala)
Posted: 2:24AM on Jan 03, 2009London, Jan 3 : After four unsuccessful marriages, author Salman Rushdie says he has no intention of tying the knot again, but doesn't rule out the possibility of falling in love.
Saturday interview: Salman Rushdie (Times Online)
Posted: 3:51PM on Jan 02, 2009It is 20 years since Sir Salman Rushdie published his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses , about two Indian actors, Gibreel and Saladin. Within weeks Islamist groups were accusing the writer of blasphemy and burning effigies of him in the streets.
Posted: 2:49AM on Jan 07, 2009
Hot reads: New in stores
Hot reads: New in stores
Salman Rushdie says provoking people is in his DNA (Hindustan Times)
Posted: 4:14AM on Jan 01, 2009COMMENT ON THIS ! Your Views! Author Salman Rushdie, who was once condemned to death by a former Iranian spiritual leader, has said that provoking people “is in his DNA”.
New in Paper: Brooks' 'People of the Book' (USA Today)
Posted: 8:18PM on Jan 07, 2009People of the Book (Penguin, $15, fiction, reprint) USA TODAY's Susan Kelly called Geraldine Brooks "a skilled storyteller who casts a spell of intrigue and evil" in novel about a rare Hebrew manuscript.
Book Review: The Enchantress Of Florence by Salman Rushdie (Blogcritics.org)
Posted: 4:05PM on Jan 02, 2009A historical fantasy that's both a pleasure to read and an education in its recreation of two of history's most fascinating cities. In our chauvinism the West puts Florence and its renaissance as a place of arts and learning, at the centre of the world when it comes to cultural achievements in the 15th and 16th centuries. Our bias has prevented us from seeing that while supposedly civilized ...
