Author
Salman Rushdie
b. June 19, 1947 · United Kingdom
Writer, Novelist, Essayist, Screenwriter, Children's writer, Actor, Author
Titles on list
11
Total weeks
44
Peak rank
#1
Weeks at #1
9
FictionNonfictionHit #1Dot size = weeks on list
Biography
- Born
- June 19, 1947 · Mumbai
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- Urdu, British English, Kashmiri, English
- Education
- Rugby School, King's College, Cathedral and John Connon School
Awards & Honours
- 1981James Tait Black Memorial Prize
- 1981Booker Prize
- 1983Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- 1988Costa Book Awards
- 1992Kurt Tucholsky Prize
- 1992Mythopoeic Awards
- 1992Austrian State Prize for European Literature
- 1992Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature
- 1993Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- 1995Costa Book Awards
- 1996The British Book Awards
- 1996Aristeion Prize
- 1999Honorary doctor of the University of Liège
- 2001honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII
- 2005Crossword Book Award
- 2008James Joyce Awards
- 2009St. Louis Literary Award
- 2009National Arts Awards
- 2009Carl Sandburg Literary Award
- 2010Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
- 2010Golden PEN Award
- 2014PEN Pinter Prize
- 2014Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award
- 2015Gold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes
- 2015Norman Mailer Prize
- 2018Emperor Has No Clothes Award
- 2019Humanist of the Year
- 2022Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2022Companion of Honour
- honorary doctor of the University of Tromso
- Knight Bachelor
- Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
On the Bestseller Lists
11 titles
KNIFE
Salman Rushdie
KNIFE
#3 · 3 wks
VICTORY CITY
Salman Rushdie
VICTORY CITY
#7 · 2 wks
QUICHOTTE
Salman Rushdie
QUICHOTTE
#15 · 1 wk
THE GOLDEN HOUSE
Salman Rushdie
THE GOLDEN HOUSE
#15 · 1 wk
TWO YEARS EIGHT MONTHS AND TWENTY-EIGHT NIGHTS
Salman Rushdie
TWO YEARS EIGHT MONTHS AND TWENTY-EIGHT NIGHTS
#9 · 2 wks
JOSEPH ANTON
Salman Rushdie
JOSEPH ANTON
#3 · 3 wks
SHALIMAR THE CLOWN
Salman Rushdie
SHALIMAR THE CLOWN
#12 · 2 wks
FURY
Salman Rushdie
FURY
#14 · 1 wk
THE GROUND BENEATH HER FEET
Salman Rushdie
THE GROUND BENEATH HER FEET
#14 · 1 wk
THE MOOR'S LAST SIGH
Salman Rushdie
THE MOOR'S LAST SIGH
#11 · 4 wks
THE SATANIC VERSES
Salman Rushdie
THE SATANIC VERSES
#1 · 24 wks
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).