Author Salman Rushdie to speak at Trinity University this fall

Salman Rushdie, provocateur, author and pop culture icon, will speak in San Antonio on Monday, Nov. 7, at Trinity University's Laurie Auditorium. The 7:30 pm presentation is free and open to the public. Guests are encouraged to arrive an hour before
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Salman Rushdie, winner of the Man Booker Prize, will present the Trinity University DeCoursey Lecture for the 2011-2012 academic year at 7:30 pm Monday, Nov. 7, in Laurie Auditorium. The presentation is free and open to the public

About Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie is the author of nine previous novels: Grimus; Midnight’s Children (which was awarded the Booker Prize in 1981 and, in 1993, was judged to be the “Booker of Bookers,” the best novel to have won that prize in its first twenty-five years).

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The Enchantress of Florence

A celebration of storytelling, a possible prequel to the book Rushdie is said to be writing about his own enforced “slumber,” and a colorful, kick-up-your-heels delight.”