Salman Rushdie is the recipient of the Mailer Prize for lifetime achievement in 2015.He is the author of "Midnight's Children," ''The Satanic Verses" and other novels.He is a former president of the American chapter of PEN, which is a literary and human rights organization. 

About Norman Mailer Prize/ Mailer Prize
- It is an American literary award established in 2009 by The Norman Mailer Center and The Norman Mailer Writers Colony. 
-Aim: to celebrate writers and their works.