WRITER

Meena Kandasamy

1984 - Today

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Ilavenil Meena Kandasamy (born 1984) is an Indian poet, fiction writer, translator and activist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Meena published two collections of poetry, Touch (2006) and Ms. Militancy (2010). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meena Kandasamy has received more than 352,938 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Meena Kandasamy is the 7,286th most popular writer (down from 6,471st in 2019), the 1,682nd most popular biography from India (down from 1,443rd in 2019) and the 155th most popular Indian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 21.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Gypsy Goddess
Fiction, general, India, fiction, Fiction
2014
Smart Manufacturing Technologies for Industry 4. 0
2022
Touch
2006
Fräulein Militanz
Indic poetry (English)
2010
When I Hit You
Fiction, women, India, fiction, New York Times reviewed
2017
Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You
2023

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Meena Kandasamy ranks 7,286 out of 7,302. Before her are Michael Hastings, Alejandro Rejon Huchin, Ned Vizzini, Lyra McKee, Frank Santopadre, and Emily Temple-Wood. After her are Téa Obreht, Abby Stein, Sona Mohapatra, Nadifa Mohamed, Helen Oyeyemi, and CGP Grey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Meena Kandasamy ranks 1,403. Before her are Ryan Taylor, Brad Keselowski, Megan Jendrick, Takuya Sonoda, Nobuhiro Kato, and Kenta Matsuda. After her are Shilpa Rao, David Murphy, Karen Bardsley, C. J. Watson, Christopher Zeller, and Takanori Nakajima.

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In India

Among people born in India, Meena Kandasamy ranks 1,682 out of 1,861. Before her are Vani Bhojan (1988), Aarya Babbar (1982), Nia Sharma (1990), Aishwarya Rajesh (1990), Sonia Agarwal (1982), and Lisa Haydon (1986). After her are Shilpa Rao (1984), Ekta Bisht (1986), Sagarika Ghatge (1986), Aamna Sharif (1982), Parimarjan Negi (1993), and Priya Anand (1986).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Meena Kandasamy ranks 155. Before her are Sanal Edamaruku (1955), Jasodhara Bagchi (1937), Sushmita Banerjee (1964), Sharmila Rege (1964), Tapan Kumar Pradhan (1972), and Anupama Chopra (1967). After her are Sona Mohapatra (1976).

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