Who is Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie?
Q: Who is Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie?
A: Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British-American novelist and essayist. He is the author of Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker Prize. His best known work was The Satanic Verses (1988).
Q: What type of writing does Rushdie use?
A: Rushdie is well known for writing stories which use "magic realism", which is similar to surrealism. This means that things in his stories happen which may be magic or impossible, such as falling from an aeroplane and floating down as gently as paper.
Q: Where was Rushdie born?
A: Rushdie was born in India.
Q: Where did he go to school?
A: He was sent to England to attend private school.
Q: When did he move to the United States?
A: He has lived in the United States since 2000.
Q: What themes are often present in his stories?
A: He often writes about India, and his stories often are set in different parts of the world.
Q:What awards has he received for his work?
A:He won the Booker Prize for Midnight's Children (1981).
