WRITER

Kamila Shamsie

1973 - Today

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Kamila Shamsie (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). Named on Granta magazine's list of 20 best young British writers, Shamsie has been described by The New Indian Express as "a novelist to reckon with and to look forward to." She also writes for publications including The Guardian, New Statesman, Index on Censorship and Prospect, and broadcasts on radio. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kamila Shamsie has received more than 406,813 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Kamila Shamsie is the 7,110th most popular writer (down from 6,336th in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 143rd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Pakistani Writer.

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  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kamila Shamsie ranks 7,110 out of 7,302. Before her are Park Yeon-mi, Elizabeth Hand, Tom Holland, Amma Darko, Diablo Cody, and Krisztina Tóth. After her are Adam Johnson, Lev Grossman, Julia Serano, Fatima Massaquoi, Amor Towles, and Monica Ali.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Kamila Shamsie ranks 849. Before her are Kenichi Serada, Ruslan Honcharov, Martina Ertl-Renz, Kris Holden-Ried, Chris Murphy, and Wayne Black. After her are Dana Snyder, Tomas Antonelius, Michael Bacall, Barbara Rittner, Mohammed Al-Khojali, and Daz Dillinger.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Kamila Shamsie ranks 169 out of 217. Before her are Noor Alam (1929), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (1988), Hakimullah Mehsud (1979), Hina Jilani (1953), Rubin Okotie (1987), and Wasim Akram (1966). After her are Prithipal Singh (1932), Mukhtar Mai (1972), Chris Anderson (1957), Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (1978), Iman Vellani (2002), and Shahid Afridi (1980).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Kamila Shamsie ranks 19. Before her are Mulk Raj Anand (1905), Khushwant Singh (1915), Asma Barlas (1950), Bhisham Sahni (1915), Parveen Shakir (1952), and Hamid Mir (1966). After her are Mohsin Hamid (1971), Nadeem Aslam (1966), and Sabatina James (1982).

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