Authors born on June 19

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• 1947 Salman Rushdie

  Salman Rushdie is a British-American novelist and essayist, renowned for his magical realism and historical fiction, particularly the acclaimed novel 'Midnight's Children.' He has garnered international attention for his literary achievements as well as for the controversies and threats that followed the publication of 'The Satanic Verses.' [bio]