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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 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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  • 470k

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  • 30.04

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.43

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  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ranks 6,385 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ranks 666Before 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.

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In India

Among people born in India, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ranks 1,095 out of 1,493Before 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).

Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ranks 120Before 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).