Salman Rushdie

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British-American novelist. His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent. Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.

19 June 1947

Born on the same birth date (19 June 1947): John Ralston Saul

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Born in the same month (June 1947): Bruno Latour • Fernando Savater • George S. Clinton • Jimmie Walker • Joey Molland • John Powell (discus thrower) • John Ralston Saul • Laurie Anderson • Mark Helprin • Michael Gross (actor) • Peter Weller • Shirin Ebadi