Editing Salman Rushdie (section)

===Critical reception===
Rushdie has had a string of commercially successful and critically acclaimed novels. His works have been shortlisted for the [[Booker Prize]] five times, in 1981 for ''[[Midnight's Children]]'', 1983 for [[Shame (Rushdie novel)|''Shame'']], 1988 for ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'', 1995 for ''[[The Moor's Last Sigh]]'', and in 2019 for [[Quichotte (novel)|''Quichotte'']].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/09/04/138599/booker-prize-2019-shortlist-announced/|title=Booker Prize 2019 shortlist announced|date=4 September 2019|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU|access-date=6 September 2019|archive-date=6 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906071059/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/09/04/138599/booker-prize-2019-shortlist-announced/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1981, he was awarded the prize.<ref name="Children">{{cite news|last1=Jordison|first1=Sam|title=Midnight's Children is the right winner|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2008/jul/10/bestofbooker|work=The Guardian|date=10 July 2008|access-date=25 November 2019|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404015749/https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2008/jul/10/bestofbooker|url-status=live}}</ref> His 2005 novel ''[[Shalimar the Clown]]'' received the prestigious [[Hutch Crossword Book Award]], and, in the UK, was a finalist for the [[Whitbread Book Awards]]. It was shortlisted for the 2007 [[International Dublin Literary Award]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/2007/shortlist.htm | title=The 2007 Shortlist | year=2007 | access-date=5 April 2007 | publisher=Dublin City Public Libraries/International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429175834/http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/2007/shortlist.htm | archive-date=29 April 2007 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Rushdie's works have spawned 30 book-length studies and more than 700 articles on his writing.<ref name="BritshC" /> He is frequently mentioned a favourite to win the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/04/salman-rushdie-among-favourites-for-this-years-nobel-prize-for-literature |title=Salman Rushdie among favourites for this year's Nobel prize for literature |newspaper=The Guardian|first=Sarah|last=Shaffi |date=4 October 2022 |access-date=13 November 2022 |archive-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113121554/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/04/salman-rushdie-among-favourites-for-this-years-nobel-prize-for-literature |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/09/05/its-time-for-salman-rushdies-nobel-prize |title=It's time for Salman Rushdie's Nobel prize |magazine=The New Yorker |date=5 September 2022 |access-date=13 November 2022 |archive-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113153420/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/09/05/its-time-for-salman-rushdies-nobel-prize |url-status=live }}</ref>