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Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

Sir Ahmed Salman RushdieCH FRSL (sul-MAHNRUUSH-dee;^[2] born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British and American novelist.^[3] His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent.

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, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.

After his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), Rushdie became the subject of several assassination attempts and death threats, including a fatwa calling for his death issued by Ruhollah Khomeini, the supreme leader of Iran.

In total, 20 countries banned the book.^[4] Numerous killings and bombings have been carried out by extremis