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Writer Born: June 19, 1947 (age 75 years), Mumbai, India Education: King’s College, Cambridge (BA) Spouse: Padma Lakshmi (m. 2004–2007) Children: Zafar Rushdie, Milan Rushdie Parents: Negin Bhatt, Anis Ahmed Rushdie Birthday: June 19, 1947 (Gemini) Born In: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Also Known As: Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie Age: 75 Years, 75 Year Old Males Spouse/Ex-: Clarissa Luard (M. 1976–1987), Elizabeth West (M. 1997–2004), Marianne Wiggins (M. 1988–1993), Padma Lakshmi (M. 2004–2007) Father: Anis Ahmed Rushdie Mother: Negin Bhatt Children: Milan Rushdie, Zafar Rushdie Born Country: India Ancestry: Indian American Notable Alumni: John Connon School, King’s College, Cambridge, Rugby School Grouping Of People: Muslims City: Mumbai, India Education: Rugby School, King’s College, Cambridge, John Connon School
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Rushdie has been married four times. He was married to his first wife, Clarissa Luard, Literature officer of the Arts Council of England, from 1976 to 1987 and fathered a son, Zafar (born 1979), who is married to the London-based jazz singer Natalie Rushdie. He left Clarissa Luard in the mid-1980s for the Australian writer Robyn Davidson, to whom he was introduced by their mutual friend Bruce Chatwin. His second wife was the American novelist Marianne Wiggins; they were married in 1988 and divorced in 1993. His third wife, from 1997 to 2004, was British editor and author Elizabeth West; they have a son, Milan (born 1997). In 2004, he married Padma Lakshmi, an Indian-American actress, model, and host of the American reality-television show Top Chef. The marriage ended in 2007. In 1999, Rushdie had an operation to correct ptosis, a problem with the levator palpebrae superioris muscle that causes drooping of the upper eyelid. According to Rushdie, it made it increasingly difficult for him to open his eyes. “If I hadn’t had an operation, in a couple of years from now I wouldn’t have been able to open my eyes at all,” he said. Since 2000, Rushdie has lived in the United States, mostly near Union Square in Lower Manhattan, New York City. He is a fan of the English football club Tottenham Hotspur. Ahmed Salman Rushdie was born on 19 June 1947 in Bombay, British India, to a Muslim family of Kashmiri descent. He was the only child to his parents. While his father Anis Ahmed Rushdie was a University of Cambridge educated lawyer-turned-businessman, his mother Negin Bhatt was into the profession of teaching. After completing his preliminary education from ‘John Connan School’ in Mumbai, young Rushdie moved to England. He enrolled at the ‘Rugby School’ from where he completed his higher education. Rushdie went to ‘King’s College’ and later to ‘Cambridge University’ from where he received his Master’s Degree in History in 1968. Rushdie first tied the nuptial knot in the year 1976 to Clarissa Luard. The couple was blessed with a son named Zafar in 1980. The alliance, however, did not last long and the two separated in the year 1987. Following the divorce, Rushdie entered into a wedlock with American novelist Marianne Wiggins in 1988. This marriage too did not work out as the two separated in 1993. Rushdie married Elizabeth West in 1997 and fathered a son named Milan in 1999. Rushdie and Elizabeth divorced in 2004. Indian American actress-cum-model Padma Lakshmi became Rushdie’s fourth wife. They got married in 2004 and shared a cordial relationship until Lakshmi decided to end the relationship in 2007. Rushdie was romantically linked to Indian model Riya Sen in 2008, but there has been no formal announcement. In 1989, Rushdie survived an assassination attempt as a man later identified as Mustafa Mahmoud Mazeh blew himself with an aim to kill Rushdie. A book bomb loaded with RDX explosives exploded prematurely, causing the death of Mazeh. Rushdie refrained from appearing at the ‘Jaipur Literature Festival’ in January 2012 and canceled his entire India tour citing security concerns as the primary reason. However, he made an official appearance in the country in March 2012. Rushdie lives in New York City since 2000. He underwent an operation to correct ptosis, a tendon condition that causes drooping eyelids. The condition was making it increasingly difficult for him to open his eyes. Salman Rushdie was stabbed by an attacker on August 12, 2022, in Chautauqua, New York, just before he was about to begin a speech. He suffered damage to several nerves in an arm and his liver too. One of his eyes was also severely damaged. The New York state police identified the attacker as Hadi Matar, hailing from New Jersey.
