Salman Rushdie

Udvalgte priser: Kommandør for Kunst- og Litteratur, PEN Pinter-prisen, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Bookerprisen, James Joyce-prisen, Tucholskyprisen, Medalla de Oro del Círculo de Bellas Artes, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Mythopoeic Awards, Costa Book Awards, The British Book Awards, Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service, St. Louis Literary Award, Crossword Book Award, Hans Christian Andersen Litteraturpris, National Arts Awards, Golden PEN Award, Aristeion Prize, Norman Mailer Prize, Österrikiska statens pris för europeisk litteratur, Kejseren har ingen klæder-prisen, Årets humanist, æresdoktor ved Tromsø Universitet, Æresdoktor ved Universitetet i Liège, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Carl Sandburg Literary Award, Companion of Honour, Order of the Companions of Honour, Knight Bachelor, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature