Rushdie

[ ruhsh-dee ]

/ ˈrʌʃ di /

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noun

Sal·man

[sal-muhn], /ˈsæl mən/, born 1947, British novelist and essayist, born in India.

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How to use Rushdie in a sentence

It's for the crime of apostasy (in this case, writing a novel) that Ayatollah Khomenei sent death squads for Salman Rushdie.
Don't Let the Maccabees Win|Matt Lerner|December 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Writer Benjamin Anastas has had enough with 140-character bursts, and Rushdie's mourning for Whitney Houston was the last straw.
How Salman Rushdie’s Tweet Put Me Off Twitter|Benjamin Anastas|July 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But Susan Sontag, William T. Vollmann, Salman Rushdie, and Milan Kundera are all vocal fans of Kis.
Danilo Kis, the Stylish Historian of Infamy|Anthony Paletta|June 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It is undeniable that the Booker helped Rushdie get kind reviews in the upmarket press and elevated him further.
Why the Man Booker Prize Is More Necessary Than Ever|Liam Hoare|October 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST

The tweets of Salman Rushdie or Colson Whitehead—who has even released fiction via Twitter—might someday find a home in books.
Letter Writing in the Digital Age: Emails and Correspondence of Russell Banks & Others|Megan Barnard|October 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for Rushdie

Rushdie

/ (ˈrʊʃðɪ) /

noun

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

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