Just nine days after the publication of his novel 'Satanic Verses', a fatwa was issued against Salman Rushdie. The Japanese translator of the work, Hitoshi Igarashi, was stabbed to death in 1991. Italian translator Ettore Capriolo and Norwegian publisher William Nygard were also targeted, surviving the attacks with severe injuries. Rushdie's father was a successful business man and the family could afford to send their son to a British boarding school at the age of 14. In 1964, Rushdie became a British citizen and took up English as his preferred language to write in. He studied history at King’s College in Cambridge and took courses in theatre before graduating in 1968. He has written 12 novels and many collection of essays and non-fiction. His second book, 'Midnight’s Children' won him a Man Booker Prize and became a bestseller in the US. Rushdie, in 2021 said that he will set his next novel in India. He is planning to return to India after many years. The author last came to India for the promotion of Deepa Mehta's 2013 film "Midnight's Children". Rushdie has worked with artist Ai Weiwei and writers Margaret Atwood and Isabel Allende on a worldwide campaign by the PEN International writers association to support writers in exile. In 2007, Queen Elizabeth II knighted the award-winning author and freedom of expression warrior. Recently, Rushdie was honoured on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II awarded the Order of the Companions for his services in the field of literature.
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