Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie (born 1947) was born in Bombay just two months before Indian independence—a coincidence that became the seed of his masterpiece. Educated in England and at Cambridge, Rushdie worked in advertising before the publication of Midnight's Children in 1981 catapulted him to international fame. The novel won the Booker Prize and was later voted the best Booker winner in the prize's history. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by Midnight's Children.