WRITER

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

1956 - Today

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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born Chitralekha Banerjee, 1956) is an Indian-born American author, poet, and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Her short story collection, Arranged Marriage, won an American Book Award in 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has received more than 516,760 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is the 7,130th most popular writer (down from 6,361st in 2019), the 1,331st most popular biography from India (down from 1,091st in 2019) and the 144th most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 32.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ranks 7,130 out of 7,302. Before her are Nicola Griffith, Djaili Amadou Amal, Nirupama Rao, Tom Bergeron, Marissa Meyer, and Peaches Geldof. After her are Dinesh D'Souza, Will Self, James Vanderbilt, Vanessa Taylor, Tanja Stupar-Trifunović, and Valeria Luiselli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ranks 788. Before her are Chuy García, Greg Joy, Davie Cooper, Gregory J. Harbaugh, Patricia Davies, and Diana Edulji. After her are James D. Halsell, Vijay Rupani, Howard Benson, Ashoke Sen, Pat McCrory, and Ann Curry.

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In India

Among people born in India, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ranks 1,331 out of 1,861. Before her are M. M. Keeravani (1961), Yuvraj Singh (1981), Meena (1975), Shobana (1970), Jimmy Sheirgill (1970), and Vidit Gujrathi (1994). After her are Dinesh D'Souza (1961), Ambika (1963), Disha Patani (1992), Ramesh Krishnan (1961), Harjit Sajjan (1970), and Lucky Ali (1958).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ranks 144. Before her are Sarojini Sahoo (1956), Aravind Adiga (1974), Shashi Deshpande (1938), Urvashi Butalia (1952), Ramachandra Guha (1958), and Nirupama Rao (1950). After her are Dinesh D'Souza (1961), Chetan Bhagat (1974), Meena Alexander (1951), Anita Nair (1966), Sanal Edamaruku (1955), and Jasodhara Bagchi (1937).

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