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Salman Rushdie

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Biography

Name: 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
7,076 words, approx. 24 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...
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Biography of Salman Rushdie
1,592 words, approx. 5 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...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Salman Rushdie Information
4,106 words, approx. 14 pages
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (Devanagari : अहमद सलमान रश्दी Arabic:سلمان رشدی; born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-British novelist and essayist. He first achieved fame with his second novel, <i>Midnight's Children</i>...


News and Journals
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Reuters North American News Service
Indian tycoon hosts Salman Rushdie, angers Muslims
1/17/2008: 325 words, approx. 1 pages
MUMBAI, Jan 17 (Reuters) - A powerful Islamic group in India is asking Muslims to boycott products of a top Indian business group if its owner does not apologise for hosting author Salman Rushdie on a brief holiday this week. Rushdie stayed at the...
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AP News
Pakistan lawmakers condemn Rushdie honor
6/18/2007: 304 words, approx. 1 pages
Pakistani lawmakers passed a government-backed resolution Monday demanding Britain withdraw the knighthood awarded to author Salman Rushdie, condemning the honor as an insult to the religious sentiments of Muslims.In the eastern city of Multan, hard-line Muslim students burned effigies of Queen Elizabeth II and Rushdie....


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Subramanian Shankar
11,856 words, approx. 40 pages
In the following essay, Shankar explores contemporary Indian literature, noting Rushdie's role as a postcolonial Indian author and utilizing Rushdie's commentary and critiques on postcolonial literature.
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Critical Essay by Andrew S. Teverson
9,051 words, approx. 30 pages
In the following essay, Teverson explores Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories as “a complex allegory that emphasizes the importance of exchange between different cultural groupings,” comparing it with such works as Arabian Nights, Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, and Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.
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Critical Essay by Theo L. D'Haen
7,189 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following essay, D'Haen defines the origins of magical realism and postmodernism in literature, examining the use of the former in the works of Salman Rushdie and Angela Carter. D'Haen proposes that elements of magical realism and fantasy are often used by writers who are writing from a non-centric point of view.
 


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