Salman Rushdie
1947– · Indian-British-American · 20th-21st Century
Known for: The Satanic Verses got him a death sentence from Iran — then he kept writing, because words always win
Rushdie's Midnight's Children won the Booker of Bookers. The Satanic Verses prompted Ayatollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa calling for his death. He lived in hiding for years and was stabbed onstage in 2022 — and survived.
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