Rushdie, Salman
- Country/Region:
- United Kingdom, India
- Genres:
- Miscellaneous prose
Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex
Salman Rushdie is the undisputed pioneer and mentor for the Indian-English literary generation which made its breakthrough in the 1980s. He was born in Bombay as the son of a Cambridge-educated businessman. His paternal grandfather wrote poetry in Urdu. In the Muslim family they spoke both English and Urdu. Eventually the family took part in the Muslim emigration to Pakistan and settled in Karachi.
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