WRITER

Monica Ali

1967 - Today

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Monica Ali (Bengali: মনিকা আলী; born 20 October 1967) is a British writer of Bangladeshi and English descent. In 2003, she was selected as one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by Granta magazine based on her unpublished manuscript; her debut novel, Brick Lane, was published later that year. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Monica Ali has received more than 472,739 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Monica Ali is the 7,113th most popular writer (down from 6,362nd in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 54th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Bangladeshi Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

In the kitchen
Cooks, Fiction, Restaurants
The brilliant new novel from the author of Brick Lane. .'Who ends up in the kitchen, Gabe?''Misfits, ' he said, 'psychos, exiles, culinary artists, and people who just need a job. 'In The Kitchen is Monica Ali's stunning follow up to Brick Lane. It opens with a mysterious death in the cellars of a smart, cosmopolitan hotel and over the course of the ensuing pages, peels back the layers of polyglot London to reveal the melting pot which exists below.Once again it confirms Monica Ali not only as a great modern storyteller but also an acute observer of the vagaries of a contemporary culture.
2009
Brick Lane
Ehe, Literature, Bangladeschische Einwanderin
Monica Ali's debut novel, Brick Lane, was published in 2003 and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It was adapted as a 2007 film of the same name. Carrying into her adult years a sense of fatalism instilled during her hardscrabble birth, Nazneen finds herself married off to a man twice her age and moved to London, where she begins to wonder if she has a say in her own destiny.
2003
2009
Alentejo Blue
Literature, Fiction
2006
Brick lane
2003
Untold Story
2011

Page views of Monica Alis by language

Over the past year Monica Ali has had the most page views in the with 44,498 views, followed by German (3,006), and Italian (1,396). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Tamil (328.57%), Catalan (98.28%), and Southern Azerbaijani (75.29%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Monica Ali ranks 7,113 out of 7,302. Before her are Kamila Shamsie, Adam Johnson, Lev Grossman, Julia Serano, Fatima Massaquoi, and Amor Towles. After her are Zehra Doğan, Roxane Gay, Daniel O. Fagunwa, Maria Parr, Francisco Villarroel, and Ian Brennan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Monica Ali ranks 810. Before her are Adam Johnson, Virgil Widrich, LTJ Bukem, Julia Serano, Remigija Nazarovienė, and Kenji Oba. After her are Atsuhiko Ejiri, Carl Hester, Joseph Cao, Stuart Conquest, Joe Greene, and Amala Akkineni.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Monica Ali ranks 69 out of 74. Before her are Sarat Chandra Das (1849), Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury (1966), A. B. Bardhan (1924), Shakib Khan (1979), Avijit Roy (1972), and Mamunul Haque (1973). After her are Shakib Al Hasan (1987), Mashrafe Mortaza (1983), Mushfiqur Rahim (1987), and Mustafizur Rahman (1995).

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Among WRITERS In Bangladesh

Among writers born in Bangladesh, Monica Ali ranks 13. Before her are Kamini Roy (1864), Shankha Ghosh (1932), Sufia Kamal (1911), Ahmed Sofa (1943), Avijit Roy (1972), and Mamunul Haque (1973).

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