WRITER

Nadeem Aslam

1966 - Today

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Nadeem Aslam FRSL (born 11 July 1966 in Gujranwala, Pakistan) is a British Pakistani novelist. His debut novel, Season of the Rainbirds, won the Betty Trask and the Author's Club First Novel Award. His critically acclaimed second novel Maps for Lost Lovers won Encore Award and Kiriyama Prize; it was shortlisted for International Dublin Literary Award, among others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nadeem Aslam has received more than 105,291 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nadeem Aslam is the 7,209th most popular writer (down from 6,407th in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 156th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Pakistani Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The Blind Man's Garden
2013
The wasted vigil
Fiction, Social life and customs, Interpersonal relations
In The Wasted Vigil, Nadeem Aslam, the award-winning author of Maps for Lost Lovers, brilliantly knits together five seemingly unconnected lives to create a luminous story set in contemporary Afghanistan.There's Marcus, an English expat who was married to an outspoken Afghani doctor; David, a former American spy; Lara, from St. Petersburg, looking for traces of her brother, a Russian soldier who disappeared years before; Casa, a young Afghani whose hatred of the Americans has plunged him into the blinding depths of zealotry; and James, an American Special Forces soldier. Aslamreveals the intertwining paths that these characters have traveled, constructing a timely and intimate portrait of the complex ties that bind us and the wars that continue to tear us apart.From the Trade Paperback edition.
2008
The golden legend
Social life and customs, Interpersonal relations, Culture conflict
"A brave, timely, searingly beautiful novel from the acclaimed author of The Blind Man's Garden: set in contemporary Pakistan, the story of a Muslim widow and her Christian neighbors whose community is consumed by violent religious intolerance. When shots ring out on the Grand Trunk Road, Nargis's life begins to crumble around her. Her husband, Massud--a fellow architect--is caught in the cross fire and dies before she can confess her greatest secret to him. Now under threat from a powerful military intelligence officer, who demands that she pardon her husband's American killer, Nargis fears that the truth about her past will soon be exposed. For weeks someone has been broadcasting people's secrets from the minaret of the local mosque, and, in a country where even the accusation of blasphemy is a currency to be bartered, the mysterious broadcasts have struck fear in Christians and Muslims alike. When the loudspeakers reveal a forbidden romance between a Muslim cleric's daughter and Nargis's Christian neighbor, Nargis finds herself trapped in the center of the chaos tearing their community apart. In his characteristically luminous prose, Nadeem Aslam has given us a lionhearted novel that reflects Pakistan's past and present in a single mirror, a story of corruption, resilience, and the disguises that are sometimes necessary for survival--a revelatory portrait of the human spirit"--
2017
Season of the rainbirds
Pakistan in fiction, Fiction, Judges
1993
Season of the rainbirds
Judges, Murder, Investigation
"From the author of Maps for Lost Lovers: Aslam's exquisite first novel, the powerful story of a secluded Pakistani village after the murder of its corrupt and prominent judge. Judge Anwar's murder sets the people of the village on edge. Their anxieties are compounded when a sack of letters, thought lost in a train crash nineteen years ago, suddenly reappears under mysterious circumstances. What secrets will these letters bring to light? Could the letters shed any light on Judge Anwar's murder? As Aslam traces the murder investigation over the next eleven days, he explores the impact that these two events have on the town's inhabitants--from Judge Anwar's surviving family to the journalist reporting on the delivery of the mail packet. With masterful attention to detail and beautiful scenes that set the rhythms of daily life in Pakistan, Aslam creates a lush and timeless world--played out against an ominous backdrop of religious tensions, assassinations, changing regimes, and faraway civil wars"--
2011
Maps for lost lovers
Fiction, Married women, Married women in fiction
2004

Page views of Nadeem Aslams by language

Over the past year Nadeem Aslam has had the most page views in the with 9,225 views, followed by French (797), and German (640). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (128.87%), Armenian (79.72%), and Hindi (79.69%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nadeem Aslam ranks 7,209 out of 7,302. Before him are Haddy N'jie, Jenna Bush Hager, Yahya Hassan, Susan Cain, Lauren Beukes, and Christine Blasey Ford. After him are Kelly Link, Tim Winton, Graham Moore, Grant Wahl, Charlie Jane Anders, and Stefan Molyneux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Nadeem Aslam ranks 876. Before him are Natalie Bennett, Sharon Rendle, Anne Ottenbrite, Joe Hachem, Christine Blasey Ford, and John Regis. After him are Rochelle Stevens, Marcos Antonio Menezes Godoi, Danny Ferry, Stefan Molyneux, Karen Percy, and A. O. Scott.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Nadeem Aslam ranks 186 out of 217. Before him are Fazlullah (1974), Inzamam-ul-Haq (1970), Ghazala Javed (1988), Qandeel Baloch (1990), Hussain Shah (1964), and Nergis Mavalvala (1968). After him are Maleeha Lodhi (1952), Dilshad Vadsaria (1985), Mahira Khan (1984), Shoaib Akhtar (1975), Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (1980), and Atif Aslam (1983).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Nadeem Aslam ranks 21. Before him are Asma Barlas (1950), Bhisham Sahni (1915), Parveen Shakir (1952), Hamid Mir (1966), Kamila Shamsie (1973), and Mohsin Hamid (1971). After him are Sabatina James (1982).

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