1956 - Today
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 469,918 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is the 6,385th most popular writer (down from 5,684th in 2019), the 1,095th most popular biography from India (down from 941st in 2019) and the 120th most popular Indian Writer.
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Among writers, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ranks 6,385 out of 5,755. Before her are Sharmila Rege, Katharine Gun, Valeria Luiselli, Nirupama Rao, Patrick McCabe, and Clay Shirky. After her are Monica Ali, Sophie Dahl, Sanal Edamaruku, Walt Dohrn, James Frey, and Marlon James.
1964 - 2013
HPI: 30.50
Rank: 6,379
1974 - Present
HPI: 30.45
Rank: 6,380
1983 - Present
HPI: 30.35
Rank: 6,381
1950 - Present
HPI: 30.34
Rank: 6,382
1955 - Present
HPI: 30.28
Rank: 6,383
1964 - Present
HPI: 30.14
Rank: 6,384
1956 - Present
HPI: 30.04
Rank: 6,385
1967 - Present
HPI: 29.95
Rank: 6,386
1977 - Present
HPI: 29.95
Rank: 6,387
1955 - Present
HPI: 29.91
Rank: 6,388
1970 - Present
HPI: 29.88
Rank: 6,389
1969 - Present
HPI: 29.87
Rank: 6,390
1970 - Present
HPI: 29.67
Rank: 6,391
Among people born in 1956, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ranks 666. Before her are Joni Huntley, Danny Hillis, Tim Flannery, Jay C. Buckey, Gregory J. Harbaugh, and Richard A. Searfoss. After her are Deborah Birx, S. Scott Bullock, Ann Curry, Ashoke Sen, Diana Edulji, and James D. Halsell.
1956 - Present
HPI: 30.39
Rank: 660
1956 - Present
HPI: 30.36
Rank: 661
1956 - Present
HPI: 30.34
Rank: 662
1956 - Present
HPI: 30.25
Rank: 663
1956 - Present
HPI: 30.24
Rank: 664
1956 - 2018
HPI: 30.14
Rank: 665
1956 - Present
HPI: 30.04
Rank: 666
1956 - Present
HPI: 30.00
Rank: 667
1956 - Present
HPI: 29.95
Rank: 668
1956 - Present
HPI: 29.93
Rank: 669
1956 - Present
HPI: 29.69
Rank: 670
1956 - Present
HPI: 29.46
Rank: 671
1956 - Present
HPI: 29.42
Rank: 672
Among people born in India, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ranks 1,095 out of 1,493. Before her are Bhagyashree (1969), Archana Puran Singh (1962), Protima Bedi (1948), Kangana Ranaut (1987), Rohit Sharma (1987), and Arshad Warsi (1968). After her are Ali Fazal (1986), Bob Woolmer (1948), Ramesh Krishnan (1961), Sanal Edamaruku (1955), S. Shankar (1963), and Parineeti Chopra (1988).
1969 - Present
HPI: 30.21
Rank: 1,089
1962 - Present
HPI: 30.19
Rank: 1,090
1948 - 1998
HPI: 30.16
Rank: 1,091
1987 - Present
HPI: 30.13
Rank: 1,092
1987 - Present
HPI: 30.08
Rank: 1,093
1968 - Present
HPI: 30.05
Rank: 1,094
1956 - Present
HPI: 30.04
Rank: 1,095
1986 - Present
HPI: 30.00
Rank: 1,096
1948 - 2007
HPI: 29.94
Rank: 1,097
1961 - Present
HPI: 29.93
Rank: 1,098
1955 - Present
HPI: 29.91
Rank: 1,099
1963 - Present
HPI: 29.88
Rank: 1,100
1988 - Present
HPI: 29.86
Rank: 1,101
Among writers born in India, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ranks 120. Before her are Aravind Adiga (1974), Sushmita Banerjee (1964), Ramachandra Guha (1958), Dinesh D'Souza (1961), Sharmila Rege (1964), and Nirupama Rao (1950). After her are Sanal Edamaruku (1955), Bharati Mukherjee (1940), Chetan Bhagat (1974), Urvashi Butalia (1952), Anita Nair (1966), and Meena Alexander (1951).
1974 - Present
HPI: 33.76
Rank: 114
1964 - 2013
HPI: 33.52
Rank: 115
1958 - Present
HPI: 32.27
Rank: 116
1961 - Present
HPI: 30.60
Rank: 117
1964 - 2013
HPI: 30.50
Rank: 118
1950 - Present
HPI: 30.34
Rank: 119
1956 - Present
HPI: 30.04
Rank: 120
1955 - Present
HPI: 29.91
Rank: 121
1940 - 2017
HPI: 29.33
Rank: 122
1974 - Present
HPI: 28.89
Rank: 123
1952 - Present
HPI: 28.89
Rank: 124
1966 - Present
HPI: 27.14
Rank: 125
1951 - 2018
HPI: 25.51
Rank: 126