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No people whose word for 'yesterday' is the same as their word for 'tomorrow' can be said to have a firm grip on the time.
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Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie was born in Bombay, India in 1947.
* He moved to England to study at Cambridge University.
* His first novel, Grimus, was published in 1975.
* His second novel, Midnight's Children, won the Booker Prize in 1981.
* In 1989, he was the subject of a fatwa by the Ayatollah Khomeini for his novel The Satanic Verses.
* He lived in hiding for several years, but eventually returned to public life.
* He has written several more novels, including The Moor's Last Sigh and The Enchantress of Florence.
* He was knighted in 2007.
* He is a controversial figure, but he is also one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation.
* He moved to England to study at Cambridge University.
* His first novel, Grimus, was published in 1975.
* His second novel, Midnight's Children, won the Booker Prize in 1981.
* In 1989, he was the subject of a fatwa by the Ayatollah Khomeini for his novel The Satanic Verses.
* He lived in hiding for several years, but eventually returned to public life.
* He has written several more novels, including The Moor's Last Sigh and The Enchantress of Florence.
* He was knighted in 2007.
* He is a controversial figure, but he is also one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation.
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Realism can break a writer's heart.
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