Salman Rushdie Age, Height, Parents, Wives, Children, Quotes, Net Worth

Salman Rushdie is 75 years old. He was born on June 19, 1947, in Mumbai, India.

Salman Rushdie Height

Rushdie is 1.7m tall.

Salman Rushdie Parents

Rushdie was born to his parents, Negin Bhatt and Anis Ahmed Rushdie.

His mother, Begin Bhatt, is a teacher; while his father, Anis Ahmed, is a lawyer, and businessman with a degree from Cambridge University.

Salman Rushdie Wives

Rushdie has been married four different times in his life. Clarissa Luard was his first wife.

Luard is Literature officer of the Arts Council of England. She married Rushdie in 1976 and divorced him in 1987. They both share a son named Zafar.

His second wife was the American novelist Marianne Wiggins, whom he married in 1988, but divorced in 1993.

Rushdie married his third wife, Elizabeth West in 1997. Elizabeth is British and worked as an editor and author. They had a son, Milan, who was born in 1997.

In 2004, he married his fourth wife, Padma Lakshmi.

Padma is an Indian-American actress, model, and TV host of the American reality-television show Top Chef.

Unfortunately, they divorced in 2007.

Salman Rushdie Children

Rushdie only has two children – Zafar and Milan.

Salman Rushdie Quotes

Rushdie is known for his famous quotes such as:

• “I’ve never seen anywhere in the world as beautiful as Kashmir”.
• “You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can’t take Bombay out of the boy.”
• “Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.’

Salman Rushdie Net Worth

Rushdie has an estimated net worth of $15 million.