Knowra Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie is a British-American novelist and essayist whose fiction blends historical events, political satire, and fantastical storytelling. His best-known works include Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses .
Magical realism : A literary mode that presents fantastical events within otherwise realistic settings and social worlds. Rushdie uses the fantastic to recast political and family histories as lived realities.
Midnight’s Children : A novel by Salman Rushdie whose narrator’s life is intertwined with India’s history after independence. It is his defining novel of national history told through an unreliable personal voice.
Indira Gandhi : India’s prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. Her rule and the Emergency inform the political world depicted in Midnight’s Children .
The Satanic Verses controversy : An international dispute over Salman Rushdie’s novel, its publication, and its perceived depictions of Islam. It brought the novel into political conflict across countries and communities.
Exile : The condition of living away from one’s home, often under coercion or political pressure. Years under protection made displacement a defining part of Rushdie’s public biography.
Postcolonial literature : Writing that examines the cultural, political, and historical legacies of colonialism. His fiction explores empire’s afterlives, migration, and the making of national identity.
The Satanic Verses : A 1988 novel by Salman Rushdie about migration, transformation, faith, and cultural identity. Its imaginative treatment of religion and migration became central to debates about his work.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini : Iran’s supreme leader from 1979 until his death in 1989 and a founder of the Islamic Republic. He issued the 1989 decree calling for Rushdie’s death over The Satanic Verses .
Rushdie affair : The diplomatic and political crisis following Iran’s 1989 fatwa against Salman Rushdie. It describes the prolonged international consequences of the decree for Rushdie and his publishers.
Censorship : The suppression or restriction of expression by authorities or other powerful institutions. Bans and threats surrounding his work expose the costs of controlling literature.
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