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Kamila Shamsie

1973 - Today

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Kamila Shamsie FRSL (Urdu: کاملہ شمسی; born 13 August 1973) is a Pakistani and British writer and novelist who is best known for her award-winning novel Home Fire (2017). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kamila Shamsie has received more than 374,651 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Kamila Shamsie is the 6,360th most popular writer (down from 5,710th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 137th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Pakistani Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kamila Shamsie ranks 6,360 out of 5,755. Before her are Rita Dove, Scott Lynch, Tom Holland, Koenraad Elst, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, and Elizabeth Hand. After her are Léonora Miano, Charlotte Roche, Nicola Griffith, Peaches Geldof, Szczepan Sadurski, and Helen Dunmore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Kamila Shamsie ranks 751. Before her are Barbara Rittner, René Schneider, Alex Padilla, Gharib Amzine, Jérôme Golmard, and Félix Cárdenas. After her are Léonora Miano, Milan Hnilička, Amy Van Dyken, Kristie Boogert, Gorazd Štangelj, and Inés Gorrochategui.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Kamila Shamsie ranks 144 out of 180. Before her are Hina Jilani (1953), Ashfaq Parvez Kayani (1952), Abida Parveen (1954), Salma Agha (1956), Rubin Okotie (1987), and Chris Van Hollen (1959). After her are Fazlullah (1974), Nazia Hassan (1965), Jahangir Khan (1963), Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (1973), Ajmal Kasab (1987), and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (1988).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Kamila Shamsie ranks 14. Before her are Tariq Ali (1943), Khushwant Singh (1915), Mulk Raj Anand (1905), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), Parveen Shakir (1952), and Hamid Mir (1966). After her are Nadeem Aslam (1966) and Mohsin Hamid (1971).

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