Welty Foundation Brings Salman Rushdie to the Mississippi Book Festival

Acclaimed author of 13 novels and winner of the Booker Prize for Midnight’s Children, Rushdie had the honor of delivering the inaugural Eudora Welty Lecture at the Washington National Cathedral in the nation’s capital in 2016. Holmes Adams, Chairman of the Eudora Welty Foundation, expressed his delight that the Foundation is bringing Rushdie to the Mississippi Book Festival. “The Eudora Welty Foundation’s primary purpose is to preserve the literary legacy of Eudora Welty,” he said. “The Welty Foundation fulfills that purpose by encouraging and supporting both writers and readers. The Eudora Welty Foundation is pleased to partner with the Mississippi Book Festival by hosting Mr. Rushdie.”

– Salman Rushdie, Imaginary Homelands –

Rushdie’s lecture at the Mississippi Book Festival will highlight his “own start in the writing game.” This will be a popular event, so plan now to be a part of this experience!