1. Life, Works
“Midnight'sChildren” AND “TheSatanic
SALMAN RUSHDIESALMAN RUSHDIE

2. LIFE
 Born in Bombay in 1947
 Indian and British education
 Studied: Cambridge and Rugby School
 Actor and advertising
copywriter

3. RUSHDIE WROTE
 Novels
 Books for children
 Collection of critical works
 Collection of short stories

4. "THE SATANIC VERSES"
 Novel published in 1988
 Interpreted as blasphemous
 Ported upon Rushdie a Fatwa

5. FATWA UPON RUSHDIE
 Death sentence
 Invoked in 1989
 Forced into hiding

6. "MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN"
 Novel published in 1981
 Won the “Booker Prize”
 Mixes: Imagination-History
 Different stories, styles,
traditions

7. SALEEM SINAI
 Protagonist of “Midnight’s
Children”
 Born: August 15th
, 1947
 Special powers
 Compares: Life-Jars of
chutney

8. CREATED BY ROSSELLA RIZZOCREATED BY ROSSELLA RIZZO
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