Clarissa Luard

Author Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is a British-American of Indian descent. His writing frequently mixes historical fiction with magical realism, and it focuses on the interactions, clashes, and migrations between Eastern and Western cultures on the Indian subcontinent. Rushdie’s second book, Midnight’s Children, was hailed as “the finest novel of all winners” on two occasions, … Read more

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born British-American novelist and professor was born on 19 June 1947 in Bombay, British India. Growing up in Bombay, now Mumbai, Rushdie attended the Cathedral and John Connon School in Fort, South Bombay. When he relocated to England from India, he attended Rugby School in Warwickshire and then on to … Read more