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Salman Rushdie | | Variant Name: |
Ahmed Salman Rushdie | | Birth Date: |
June 19, 1947 | | Place of Birth: |
Bombay, India | | Nationality: |
Indian | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer |
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 Biography of (Ahmed) Salman Rushdie
7076 words, approx. 23.6 pages
 Salman Rushdie embodies in his own life and in his writings the conundrums of the postcolonial author, writing within the tradition of Indo-English literature while simultaneously appealing to the conventions and tastes of a worldwide, especially Western... summary from source:
 Biography of Salman Rushdie
1592 words, approx. 5.3 pages
The Indian/British author Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 1947) was a political parablist whose work often focused on outrages of history and particularly of religions. His book The Satanic Verses earned him a death sentence from the Iranian Ayatollah Ruholla...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Midnight’s Children Summary
6,636 words, approx. 22 pagesMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie On June 19, 1947, just two months before India’s independence and partition, (Ahmed) Salman Rushdie was born in Bombay, India. Like his father, Rushdie was well educated—first at Cathedral... summary from source:
 Midnight's Children Information
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 Midnight's Children Midnight's Children cover Author Salman Rushdie Country United Kingdom Language English Genre(s) Novel Publisher Jonathan Cape Publication date April 1981 Media type Print ( Hardback & Paperback ) Pages 446 pp (first...
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 AP News Pakistan, Iran protest Rushdie award
6/20/2007: 379 words, approx. 1 pagesPakistan and Iran have summoned their British ambassadors to protest that author Salman Rushdie, accused of insulting Islam in his novel "The Satanic Verses," was to be honored with a knighthood.Iranian Foreign Ministry official Ebrahim Rahimpour told the British ambassador to Tehran, Geoffrey Adams, that... summary from source:
AP News Iran condemns knighthood for Rushdie
6/17/2007: 372 words, approx. 1 pagesIran on Sunday condemned Britain's decision to knight Salman Rushdie, the author who was forced into hiding for a decade after the leader of the Iranian revolution ordered his assassination.Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said granting Britain's highest honor to Rushdie, whose novel...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Teresa Heffernan
9,314 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following essay, Heffernan argues that, in Midnight's Children, Rushdie explores “an alternative, though equally apocalyptic, concept of the nation, the Islamic umma.”
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Critical Essay by James Harrison
6,538 words, approx. 22 pages
In the following essay, Harrison examines the structure, scope, and thematic unity of Midnight's Children and Shame.
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Critical Essay by Patricia Merivale
6,209 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following essay, Merivale investigates the influence of Günter Grass's The Tin Drum on Midnight's Children.
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