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Salman Rushdie - Booker Prize-Winning British-Indian Novelist Known for "Midnight's Children," "The Satanic Verses" & "Knife"

Salman Rushdie

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Public Events, Private Lives: Literature and Politics in the Modern World

In his spellbinding lectures, Sir Salman Rushdie braids together the worlds of literature, politics and philosophy—a show of intellectual pyrotechnics and deadpan humor that conveys fully the texture of modern life. He speaks about the major themes coursing through his writing, his life and our world: freedom of expression, religion, pop culture, current events at home and abroad, East-West relations, and the role of the artist to shape our understanding of the world. For those more interested in his writing, he touches on storytelling, the magical realism he made famous, and the unique sensibility of his self-proclaimed "globe-swallowing, capricious books." Few authors are as enrapturing in person as Rushdie, or as fully embracing of their well-earned place in the spotlight.

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Salman Rushdie ‘road to recovery has begun’ but ‘will be long,’ agent says

Author is off ventilator and able to talk after suffering stab wounds to his neck, stomach, eye, chest and thigh in New York attack.

92nd Street Y to Host Ron Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow and Salman ...

And Salman Rushdie (Dec. 12.) will share snippets of his forthcoming novel “ Quichotte,” inspired by the Spanish classic “Don Quixote.” The 2019-20 season ...

Salman Rushdie Updates 'Don Quixote' for the Digital Age - The ...

QUICHOTTE By Salman Rushdie. “'Mine is a love story,' said Quichotte. 'And love will find a way.'” Say his name like this: Key-shot. His quest is a long shot, and ...

Salman Rushdie Reviews a Sweeping Debut About the Roots of ...

In “The Old Drift,” Namwali Serpell spins a multigenerational, magical-realist tale of the East African nation from colonialism to the future.

Crafting a College Admissions Essay? Salman Rushdie Has Some ...

In the height of college application season, more than two dozen New York City high-school seniors got some simple advice on how to write compelling college ...

Books by Salman Rushdie

The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories - Book by Salman Rushdie

The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories” (2025)

From internationally renowned, award-winning author Salman Rushdie, an inventive collection of fiction that explores life, death, and what comes into focus at the proverbial eleventh hour of life

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder - Book by Salman Rushdie

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder” (2024)

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

Quichotte: A Novel - Book by Salman Rushdie

Quichotte: A Novel” (2019)

Inspired by the Cervantes classic, Sam DuChamp, mediocre writer of spy thrillers, creates Quichotte, a courtly, addled salesman obsessed with television who falls in impossible love with a TV star. Together with his (imaginary) son Sancho, Quichotte sets off on a picaresque quest across America to prove worthy of her hand, gallantly braving the tragicomic perils of an age where “Anything-Can-Happen.”

The Golden House: A Novel - Book by Salman Rushdie

The Golden House: A Novel” (2018)

On the day of Barack Obama’s inauguration, an enigmatic billionaire from foreign shores takes up residence in the architectural jewel of “the Gardens,” a cloistered community in New York’s Greenwich Village. The neighborhood is a bubble within a bubble, and the residents are immediately intrigued by the eccentric newcomer and his family.

Joseph Anton: A Memoir - Book by Salman Rushdie

Joseph Anton: A Memoir” (2013)

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