Ahmed Salman Rushdie, FRSL ([sælˈmɑːn_ˈrʊʃdi] अहमद सलमान रुशदी,; born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist. His 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 separate occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize. His epic fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), was the subject of a major controversy, provoking protests from Muslims in several countries.
Salman Rushdie was the writer of an English-language novel.
Ahmed Salman Rushdie, FRSL ([sælˈmɑːn_ˈrʊʃdi] अहमद सलमान रुशदी,; born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist. His 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 separate occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize. His epic fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), was the subject of a major controversy, provoking protests from Muslims in several countries.

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Ahmed Salman Rushdie, FRSL ([sælˈmɑːn_ˈrʊʃdi] अहमद सलमान रुशदी,; born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist. His 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 separate occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize. His epic fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), was the subject of a major controversy, provoking protests from Muslims in several countries.

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