Eminent novelist Salman Rushdie (67), author of Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses,
has been named the winner of Pen Pinter prize for 2014. The award was
instituted in 2009 by writers’ charity English Pen in memory of British
writer Harold Pinter.The prize will be presented on October 9, 2014 at
an event at the British Library in London.
Rushdie went into hiding in 1989 after The Satanic Verses triggered extensive protests by Muslims and a fatwa was released from Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini.
He was conferred Knighthood in 2007 contributions to literature. His other noted books include Haroun and the Sea of Stories and The Moor’s Last Sigh.
Rushdie went into hiding in 1989 after The Satanic Verses triggered extensive protests by Muslims and a fatwa was released from Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini.
He was conferred Knighthood in 2007 contributions to literature. His other noted books include Haroun and the Sea of Stories and The Moor’s Last Sigh.
