Sir Salman Rushdie

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:King's_College,_University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkb:Booker_of_Bookers
gptkb:Commandeur_de_l'Ordre_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres
gptkb:Golden_PEN_Award
Knighthood (Knight Bachelor)
gptkbp:birthDate 1947-06-19
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Bombay,_British_India
gptkbp:children gptkb:Milan_Rushdie
gptkb:Zafar_Rushdie
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Ahmed_Salman_Rushdie
gptkbp:genre historical fiction
magical realism
postcolonial literature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Salman Rushdie
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Zadie_Smith
gptkb:Hari_Kunzru
gptkb:Kiran_Desai
gptkb:Mohsin_Hamid
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Gabriel_García_Márquez
gptkb:Italo_Calvino
gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Jorge_Luis_Borges
gptkb:V._S._Naipaul
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Literature
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Indian
British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Haroun_and_the_Sea_of_Stories
gptkb:Midnight's_Children
gptkb:Quichotte
gptkb:Shame
gptkb:The_Ground_Beneath_Her_Feet
gptkb:The_Moor's_Last_Sigh
gptkb:The_Satanic_Verses
gptkb:Joseph_Anton:_A_Memoir
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:professor
essayist
novelist
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Anis_Ahmed_Rushdie
gptkb:Negin_Bhatt
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:signature Salman Rushdie signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Clarissa_Luard
gptkb:Elizabeth_West
gptkb:Marianne_Wiggins
gptkb:Padma_Lakshmi
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:fatwa_issued_by_Ayatollah_Khomeini
assassination attempt in 2022
controversy over The Satanic Verses
documentary 'Salman Rushdie: Death on a Book'
numerous interviews and essays
gptkbp:website https://www.salmanrushdie.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Oxford_Union
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4