Salman Rushdie
The Indian-born author, Mr. Salman Rushdie (68) has been honoured with the prestigious 2015 Mailer Prize for Lifetime Achievement. The prize honours those writers who fully exercise their freedom of creativity and thrive on dialogue and debate. The American experimental performance artist, Laurie Anderson presented the award to Mr. Rushdie at a ceremony held at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York City. Rushdie is the author of many novels viz. Grimus, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights, Booker Prize winner Midnight’s Children, The Satanic Verses, etc.