Salman Rushdie
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (Kashmiri: अहमद सलमान रुशदी (Devanagari), احمد سلمان رشدی (Nastaleeq); ostensibly pronounced /sælˈmɑːn ˈrʊʃdi/ in English, though conventionally /ˈsɑːlmən ˈrʌʃdi/; born 19 June 1947) is a British-Indian novelist and essayist. He achieved notability with his second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker Prize in 1981. Much of his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent. His style is often classified as magical realism mixed with historical fiction, and a dominant theme of his work is the story of the many connections, disruptions and migrations between the Eastern and Western worlds. read full bio here.
Recent Sightings
Lou Reed celebrating his birthday at Le Zinc in TriBeCa with David Bowie, Iman, Salman Rushdie and Brian Eno





