Rushdie

[ ruhsh-dee ]

noun

1. Sal·man [sal, -m, uh, n], born 1947, British novelist and essayist, born in India.

Rushdie

/ ˈrʊʃðɪ /

noun

1. RushdieSir (Ahmed) Salman1947MBritishIndianWRITING: novelist Sir ( Ahmed ) Salman (sʌlˈmɑːn). born 1947, British writer, born in India, whose novels include Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker prize, Shame (1983), The Ground Beneath Her Feet (1998), and Shalimar the Clown (2005). His novel The Satanic Verses (1988) was regarded as blasphemous by many Muslims and he was forced into hiding (1989) when the Ayatollah Khomeini called for his death; knighted in 2007

Example Sentences

Rushdie, 76, continues to face threats over his outspoken views on Islam.

From BBC

The man accused of stabbing writer Sir Salman Rushdie in 2022 in New York now faces a new charge of supporting a terrorist group.

From BBC

Rushdie was blinded in one eye, and moderator Henry Reese also was wounded.

From Seattle Times

Rushdie lost an eye, but he has slowly recovered thanks to the attentive care of doctors and the wife he celebrates here.

From New York Times

Among those dropping out was debut novel finalist Rachel Eliza Griffiths, wife of former PEN president Salman Rushdie.

From Seattle Times