Salman
Rushdie, born in 1947 in Bombay (now Mumbai), is
British-Indian novelist. His most famous novels are Midnight's children , Satanic verses , Moor's last sigh, Shame ,...
For the novel Midnight's Children is, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its existence
Booker, won the "Booker of the Bookers" award, a few years
later, the same novel won him the "Best of" award, according to readers' votes.
Bookers". His most controversial work, The Satanic Verses , it caused
a great outcry from Muslims around the world. The book was banned at eleven
countries, burned in Great Britain, caused riots in Pakistan.
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini personally issued a fatwa condemning Rushdie and his
work. Two years, eight months and twenty-eight nights is his latest novel.
