Salman Rushdie
1 universe Last reviewed 2026-10-25
Salman Rushdie (born 1947 in Bombay) is a British-American novelist and essayist, one of the world's most acclaimed contemporary authors, whose expansive, inventive fiction often mixes magic realism with historical settings and political themes. His first novel, Grimus, appeared in 1975; his second, Midnight's Children, won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was later named both the Booker of Bookers and the Best of the Booker. His other novels include Shame, The Satanic Verses, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, The Moor's Last Sigh, which won the Whitbread Prize in 1995, The Enchantress of Florence, Quichotte, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Victory City. His memoir Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. A former president of PEN American Center, he was knighted in 2007 for services to literature and made a Companion of Honour in 2022.
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- Core Canon books: 2
- Current rank: #535 in the official ranking
- Weighted average: 3.92
- Award recognitions: 1 won
Books
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- Total Core Canon books across all universes: 2 books
- Award recognitions across all universes: 1 (1 won)
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