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Fatima Meer

1928 - 2010

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Fatima Meer (12 August 1928 – 12 March 2010) was a South African writer, academic, screenwriter, and prominent anti-apartheid activist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fatima Meer has received more than 299,404 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Fatima Meer is the 6,240th most popular writer (down from 5,381st in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 181st in 2019) and the 21st most popular South African Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fatima Meer ranks 6,240 out of 5,755Before her are Charles Frazier, Jo Walton, Saša Stanišić, Samanta Schweblin, Alexis Jenni, and Roya Hakakian. After her are Somaly Mam, Elizabeth Kostova, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Chris Hedges, Sarojini Sahoo, and Rick Falkvinge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Fatima Meer ranks 506Before her are Toaripi Lauti, Gerhard Weinberg, Jimmy Hill, Salvador Laurel, John Ingle, and Albert Brewer. After her are Chris Brasher, Slade Gorton, and John Disley. Among people deceased in 2010, Fatima Meer ranks 427Before her are Stephen Schneider, Wally Hickel, Janusz Kurtyka, Frances Reid, Edwin Morgan, and Kage Baker. After her are Abdolmalek Rigi, William B. Saxbe, Lucille Clifton, Ruth Park, Antonio Pettigrew, and Ronnie Clayton.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Fatima Meer ranks 235 out of 374Before her are Lucas Radebe (1969), Willie Toweel (1934), Zanele Muholi (1972), Patricia de Lille (1951), Kandyse McClure (1980), and Matthew Booth (1977). After her are Jerome Damon (1972), Aaron Mokoena (1980), Pierre Issa (1975), Nick Price (1957), Linda Mvusi (1955), and Olaf Kölzig (1970).

Among WRITERS In South Africa

Among writers born in South Africa, Fatima Meer ranks 21Before her are Karel Schoeman (1939), John Langalibalele Dube (1871), Antjie Krog (1952), Athol Fugard (1932), Bessie Head (1937), and Damon Galgut (1963). After her are Lauren Beukes (1976).