Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Salman Rushdie NPG x88247

© Mark Gerson / National Portrait Gallery, London

by Mark Gerson

Born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, Rushdie was sent to England at the age of fourteen to complete his education. Much of his work is set on the Indian subcontinent and combines magical realism and historical fiction. His novel Midnight's Children was a critical success and won him the Booker Prize (1981), whilst The Satanic Verses (1988) provoked a strong backlash globally from Muslim communities who considered it blasphemous. The book was banned in many countries and a fatwa was issued against Rushdie. He has... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.