WRITER

Hanif Kureishi

1954 - Today

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Hanif Kureishi (born 5 December 1954) is a British Pakistani playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, and novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hanif Kureishi has received more than 1,016,815 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Hanif Kureishi is the 5,649th most popular writer (down from 4,742nd in 2019), the 4,359th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,600th in 2019) and the 492nd most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Buddha of Suburbia
Literature, East Indians, Fathers and sons
Karim lives with his Mum and Dad in a suburb of south London and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big city. But his father is no ordinary Dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the East. Among his disciples is the glamorous and ambitious Eva, and when 'the buddha of suburbia' runs off with her to a crumbling flat in Barons Court, Karim's life becomes changed in ways that even he had never dreamed of . . .
1990
Sammy and Rosie get laid
Diaries, English Authors, Sammy and Rosie get laid (Motion picture)
1988
The body
Human body, Transplantation, Older men
2002
The black album
College students, Fiction, Muslim students
1995
Intimacy
Fathers and sons, Fiction, Interpersonal attraction
Description: 118 p. ; 20 cm. Abstract: An unmarried couple's separation is complicated by children. The father is a TV scriptwriter who has been unfaithful, the mother is in publishing and the setting is London. As he narrates their story, the man describes his mixed feelings, torn between the prospect of freedom and the loss of his sons.
1998
Love in a blue time
1997

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hanif Kureishi ranks 5,649 out of 7,302. Before him are Michael Scott, Carsten Jensen, Kate Wilhelm, George William Russell, Herman Teirlinck, and MacKenzie Scott. After him are Peter Wohlleben, William Blum, Stanisław Barańczak, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Semyon Nadson, and Valentín Paz-Andrade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Hanif Kureishi ranks 421. Before him are Raymond T. Odierno, John Michael Talbot, David Paymer, Désiré Tsarahazana, Marc Ribot, and Terry Kinney. After him are Paul Bearer, Kurt Welzl, Michael Shermer, Jouko Törmänen, Théophile Abega, and Andrei Sannikov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hanif Kureishi ranks 4,359 out of 8,785. Before him are Boz Burrell (1946), Archie Cochrane (1909), Chris Bonington (1934), George William Russell (1867), David O'Leary (1958), and Jake Weber (1963). After him are Innes Ireland (1930), Marcus Rashford (1997), John Rimmer (1878), Ian Charleson (1949), Tom Hooper (1972), and John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough (1926).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Hanif Kureishi ranks 492. Before him are Mark Haddon (1962), Terence Rattigan (1911), John Gardner (1926), Richard D. Ryder (1940), Stephen Spender (1909), and George William Russell (1867). After him are Jeanette Winterson (1959), Marmaduke Pickthall (1875), James Hogg (1770), William Michael Rossetti (1829), Ernest Dowson (1867), and Martin Litchfield West (1937).

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