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Story suggested by then-husband Salman Rushdie. Shortlisted for 1996 Orange Prize. Almost Heaven, 1998. Evidence of Things Unseen, 2003; the dawn of the atomic age is seen through the eyes of Fos, an amateur chemist in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and Opal, a glassblower's daughter. Nominated for 2003 National Book Award.
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie CH FRSL (/ s ʌ l ˈ m ɑː n ˈ r ʊ ʃ d i / sul-MAHN RUUSH-dee; [2] born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British and American novelist. [3] His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern and Western civilizations, typically set on the Indian subcontinent.
Rushdie was most recently married to "Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi, who he wed in 2004 and divorced in 2007. He married Lakshmi the same year he divorced his second wife. He has two sons, Zafar ...
Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Lady Rushdie (born 1978) [1] [2] is an American poet, novelist, photographer and visual artist, who is the author of five published collections of poems. In Seeing the Body (2020), she "pairs poetry with photography, exploring memory, Black womanhood, the American landscape, and rebirth."
Sir Salman Rushdie and his former wife Elizabeth in 2008 (Johnny Green/PA) Hailing his newfound freedom, he took the opportunity to express his gratitude to his wife, Elizabeth, whom he described ...
Padma Lakshmi — who just made her final appearance as host of Top Chef — is reflecting on her former marriage to author Salman Rushdie. Following the publication of his 1988 novel The Satanic ...
Pia is Hanif's attractive wife, a former actress and later joint petrol-pump owner with Naseem, her mother-in-law. Mustapha Aziz is another uncle of Saleem's, the brother of Mumtaz, described as tall but stooped with a droopy mustache. [13] He becomes a second rank civil servant in New Delhi, always passed over for promotion. His wife is Sonia.
Padma Lakshmi is speaking out about ex-husband Salman Rushdie after the Satanic Verses author was stabbed on Friday during a literary event at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y. The ...