Indian -origin British writer Salman Rushdie is celebrating his 78th birthday on today i.e. June 19. Salman Rushdie was born on 19 June 1947 in Mumbai. He was in discussion due to more weddings and controversies than his books. Please tell that Salman Rushdie had four weddings. Not a single one of which did not run. So let’s know about some interesting things related to the life of British writer Salman Rushdie on the occasion of his birthday ….
Education and family
Salman Rushdie’s father’s name was Anees Ahmed Rushdie and mother’s name was Negin Bhatt. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Britain. He did his initial education at Ragbi School in England. Then he studied history from Cambridge University. He had worked as a copy writer in two ad agencies before becoming a litterateur.
Marriages
She first married Clarisa Luard in 1976. The marriage lasted for 11 years and has a son Zafar. At the same time, Clarisa died on 04 November 1999 and in 1988 she married American novelist Marion Vignins. But both of them got divorced in 1993. He then married Elizabeth West in 1997 and divorced in 2004. Then in the year 2004, Salman Rushdie married actress Padma Laxmi. But on 02 July 2007, their marriage broke up.
Famous novel
Salman Rushdie wrote his first novel ‘Griemel’ in 1975. This novel did not gain much popularity. But his next novel ‘Midnights Children’ gave him fame overnight. Let us know that this book of Rushdie was considered one of the best books written in the last 100 years. In 1981, Salman Rushdie received the Booker honor. Awards were also received for this novel in 1993 and 2008.
Then in 1983, he wrote prominent and best compositions like ‘Shem’, ‘The Jaguar Smile’ in the year 1987, ‘The Satanic Verses’ in the year 1988, ‘East-West’ in the year 1994, ‘The Murce Last Sai’ in the year 1995, ‘The Ground Binith Har feet’ in 1999 and ‘Shalimar the Crown’ in 2005. Salman Rushdie also received several awards for them.
