Biography
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British and American novelist. His work often combines magical realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations. His novels are typically set on the Indian subcontinent, feature an Indian protagonist, and/or portray Indian familial relationships. Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two occasions that marked the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.
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Awards & recognition
- Companion of Honour · 2022
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences · 2022
- Humanist of the Year · 2019
- Emperor Has No Clothes Award · 2018
- Gold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes · 2015
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- Norman Mailer Prize · 2015
- Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award · 2014
- PEN Pinter Prize · 2014
- Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service · 2010
- Golden PEN Award · 2010
- Carl Sandburg Literary Award · 2009
- National Arts Awards · 2009
- St. Louis Literary Award · 2009
- James Joyce Awards · 2008
- Crossword Book Award · 2005
- honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII · 2001
- Honorary doctor of the University of Liège · 1999
- Aristeion Prize · 1996
- The British Book Awards · 1996
- Costa Book Awards · 1995
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres · 1993
- Austrian State Prize — European Literature · 1992
- Kurt Tucholsky Prize · 1992
- Mythopoeic Awards · 1992
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award — Children's Literature · 1992
- Costa Book Awards · 1988
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature · 1983
- Booker Prize · 1981
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize · 1981
- honorary doctor of the University of Tromso
- Knight Bachelor
- Order of the Companions of Honour
- Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- Booker Prize · 2019 · nominated
- Locus Award — Best Fantasy Novel · 2009 · nominated
- Booker Prize · 2008 · nominated
- Dublin Literary Award · 2007 · nominated
- Booker Prize · 2005 · nominated
- Costa Book Awards · 2005 · nominated
- Otherwise Award · 1997 · nominated
- Booker Prize · 1995 · nominated
- Locus Award — Best Fantasy Novel · 1990 · nominated
- Booker Prize · 1988 · nominated
- Booker Prize · 1983 · nominated
Filmography12 titles
Curb Your Enthusiasm
W1A
Orwell: 2+2=5
Bosch: The Garden of Dreams
Bridget Jones's Diary
The Daily Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Dirty Pictures
Real Time with Bill Maher
Then She Found Me
Midnight's Children
The One Show