Rushdie

American  

[ruhsh-dee] / ˈrʌʃ di /

noun

1. Salman born 1947, British novelist and essayist, born in India.

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Rushdie British  

/ ˈrʊʃðɪ /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Mr. Rushdie lost sight in his right eye.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

As the immediate risk appeared to recede, Rushdie re-emerged, becoming something of a celebrity and continuing to create successful literary fiction.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Ditto for Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s encounter with wolves in the garden of his villa in Vermont, or Ruhollah Khomeini’s fatwa on Salman Rushdie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

In a lesser writer’s hands, this novella might have been too clever for its own good; however, Rushdie, a seasoned pro, achieves the perfect balance.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

The events surrounding Solman Rushdie and the Satanic Verses were a case in point.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn