title: Mirrorwork: 50 Years of Indian Writing 1947-1997
author: Salman Rushdie
description: "Put India in the Atlantic Ocean," Salman Rushdie writes in his introduction to this anthology of Indian writers, "and it would reach from Europe to America; put India and China together and you've got almost half the population of the world. It's high time Indian literature got itself noticed, and it's happening." It's no accident that <i>Mirrorwork</i> comprises Indian literature produced during the 50 years between 1947 and 1997; timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Indian independence, this collection is, above all, a celebration of the marriage of English language and Indian culture. Rushdie rather provocatively states that "the prose writing--both fiction and non-fiction--created in this period by Indian writers <i>writing in English</i> is proving to be a stronger and more important body of work than most of what has been produced in the 16 'official languages' of India; the so-called 'vernacular languages,' during the same time." One might (and certainly many will) quibble with this premise, but no one can argue that the works included in <i>Mirrorwork</i> aren't top-drawer.
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  # SALMAN RUSHDIE'S  
  MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN
  
  
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  **SALMAN RUSHDIE Author and Co-adaptor**
  
  
  Salman Rushdie is the author of eight novels — _Grimus, Midnight's Children,
  Shame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Moor's Last
  Sigh, The Ground Beneath Her Feet and Fury_ — and one collection of short
  stories, _East, West_. He has also published three works of non-fiction — _The
  Jaguar Smile, Imaginary Homelands_ and, most recently, _Step Across This Line:
  Collected Non-Fiction 1992–2002._ He is also co-editor of _The Vintage Book of
  Indian Writing_.
  
  
  He has received many awards for his writing, including the European Union's
  Aristeion Prize for Literature and, in 2002, the London International Writers
  Award. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Commandeur de
  l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 1993 _Midnight's Children_ was adjudged