This man was considered an apostate, sentenced to death in absentia and appointed a reward for his head. Salman Rushdie entered the history of world literature as the author of the infamous essay against the foundations of the Islamic religion. In fact, he is a philosopher who, in the form of vivid metaphors, tries to convey to the reader his ideas about the world.
Salman Rushdie: facts from a biography
Ahmed Salman Rushdi gained fame as an author of prose works, a literary critic and publicist. He was born in Indian Bombay on June 19, 1947. Education began to receive in a private school. At the age of 14, his parents sent him to England, where he enrolled in the prestigious Rugby school.
My father insisted that after school, Salman enrolled at King's College, Cambridge. Here, the future writer studied English literature and historical sciences.
Then for the Rushdie family, the time came for trials. During the conflict between Pakistan and India, many Muslims were forced to relocate to Pakistan. Salman's family moves to Karachi.
Having become a graduate, Rushdy returned to his family. His first place of work was television. He later returned to the UK, where he worked as a copywriter at a metropolitan advertising agency. In 1964, Rushdy became a British citizen.
Rushdie has long been looking for his family happiness. He has been married four times. Salman's first wife, Clarissa Luard, was a literary agent; in this marriage, Salman had a son Zafar. The second wife is a writer from the United States, Marianne Wiggins. Rushdy entered into a third marriage with Elizabeth Weiss, a British publisher. She gave birth to a son, Salman, who received the name Milan. The fourth marriage of Rushdie was married to Padme Lakshmi.
The creative path of Salman Rushdie
Salman began his career in literature with the publication of the novel Grimus (1975). The book was written in a genre bordering on science fiction. However, the novel was not successful and did not impress critics. But Rushdie’s next work, Children of the Midnight (1981) made Salman one of the most widely read authors. This novel is still considered his best work.
Two years later, Rushdy created the novel “Shame, ” where he mockingly criticized the political system of Pakistan. The book is written in the style of so-called magic realism.
