SALMAN RUSHDIE : CHRONOLOGY
1947. He is born in the bosom of a Muslim family.
1954. Beginning of his education at Cathedral School, Bombay.
1948. His studies are continued at Rugby School, England.
1964. Rushdie`s family moves to Karachi (Pakistan), where he spends his holidays
1965-1968. He studies History at King's College in Cambridge.
1968-1969. Performance activities in the Oval House, a company of experimental theatre.
1969-1981. Interrupted labour as redactor of publicity texts, while writing a never published novel, and also Grimus and Midnight's Children.
1974. A five-month -long journey to Pakistan and India, as preparation for Midnight's Children.
1975. Publication of Grimus.
1976. Marriage to Clarissa Luard.
1981. Publication of Midnight`s Children, rewarded with the Booker McConnel Prize, and the English-Speaking Union Literary Prize.
1982. He receives the James Tait Black Memorial for the same novel.
1983. Publication of Shame.
1986. Invitation to visit Nicaragua.
1987. Publication of The Jaguar Smile.
1988. Marriage to the American novelist Marianne Wiggins. Publication of The Satanic Verses in Great Britain. A copy is burned publicly as a sign of protest by the Muslim community of Bradford. Its sale is prohibited in India, Pakistan, South Africa and other Arabian states.
1989. The American edition of The Satanic Verses is published, followed by the consequent pronunciation of a “fatwah” by the Ayatollah Khomeini, condemning Rushdie and the publishers of his book to death, and promising an economic compensation to any Muslim putting an end to his life. Thousand of Muslims around the world ask for the stop of the publication of the book and for the ban of its sale. Rushdie has been forced to receive personal security and to wander anonymously being deprived of a permanent residence and a normal life.
1990. Publication of Haroun and the Sea of Stories.
1991. Publication of Imaginary Homelands : Essays and Criticism, 1981-1991.
1992. Publication of The Wizard of Oz : a Short Text About Magic.
1994. Publication of East, West.
Publication of The Moor's Last Sigh.
