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Bharati Mukherjee

1940 - 2017

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Bharati Mukherjee (July 27, 1940 – January 28, 2017) was an American and Canadian writer and professor emerita in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley. Born in India, she was the author of a number of novels and short story collections, as well as works of nonfiction that often focused on the experience of Indian immigrants to America. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Bharati Mukherjee is the 7,109th most popular writer (down from 6,829th in 2024), the 1,253rd most popular biography from India (down from 1,095th in 2019) and the 136th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Bharati Mukherjee ranks 7,109 out of 7,302. Before her are Kateryna Kalytko, Nicolas Mathieu, Yiyun Li, Joseph Finder, Cleanth Brooks, and Peter Hedges. After her are François Bégaudeau, Dennis Potter, Lotta Lotass, Maria Stepanova, Feridun Zaimoğlu, and Daniel O. Fagunwa.

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Among people born in 1940, Bharati Mukherjee ranks 614. Before her are Savitri Jindal, Barney Frank, Robert Pinsky, Jim Clyburn, Ali Eid, and David Broome. After her are Roger K. Crouch, Connie Mack III, Ted Kulongoski, Madam Auring, Govind Nihalani, and Don Imus. Among people deceased in 2017, Bharati Mukherjee ranks 670. Before her are Julia Perez, Barbara Cook, Jay Thomas, Harvey Atkin, Ronnie Moran, and Pete Domenici. After her are Rosey, Stefano Farina, Serge Baguet, Angel Espinosa, Fadwa Souleimane, and Fredy Schmidtke.

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In India

Among people born in India, Bharati Mukherjee ranks 1,253 out of 1,861. Before her are Rachna Banerjee (1974), Meenakshi Seshadri (1963), Ishaan Khatter (1995), Jyotiraditya Scindia (1971), Mallika Sherawat (1976), and Raman Parimala (1948). After her are Raghuram Rajan (1963), Shobhaa De (1948), Reshma (1947), Raman Singh (1952), Reena Roy (1957), and Sonu Sood (1973).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Bharati Mukherjee ranks 136. Before her are Kiran Desai (1971), Rupi Kaur (1992), Raja Rao (1908), Aravind Adiga (1974), Urvashi Butalia (1952), and Jasodhara Bagchi (1937). After her are Shobhaa De (1948), Kamala Markandaya (1924), Gita Mehta (1943), Krishna Hutheesing (1907), Ram Swarup (1920), and Pankaj Mishra (1969).

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