WRITER

Nadifa Mohamed

1981 - Today

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Nadifa Mohamed (Somali: Nadiifa Maxamed, Arabic: نظيفة محمد) (born 1981) is a Somali-British novelist. She featured on Granta magazine's list "Best of Young British Novelists" in 2013, and in 2014 on the Africa39 list of writers aged under 40 with potential and talent to define future trends in African literature. Her 2021 novel, The Fortune Men, was shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize, making her the first British Somali novelist to get this honour. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nadifa Mohamed has received more than 119,580 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Nadifa Mohamed is the 7,295th most popular writer, the 57th most popular biography from Somalia and the 4th most popular Somali Writer.

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nadifa Mohamed ranks 7,295 out of 7,302. Before her are Frank Santopadre, Emily Temple-Wood, Meena Kandasamy, Téa Obreht, Abby Stein, and Sona Mohapatra. After her are Helen Oyeyemi, CGP Grey, David Dinsmore, Erica Dawson, Vanessa Grimm, and Victoria Scott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Nadifa Mohamed ranks 1,478. Before her are Kavita Kaushik, Nikita Thukral, Toru Chishima, DJ Campbell, Rene Bourque, and Sam Ricketts. After her are Hrishitaa Bhatt, Wilson Deodato da Silva, Shinya Tokuni, Nicole Barnhart, Terry Pheto, and Aaron Schock.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Nadifa Mohamed ranks 57 out of 58. Before her are Abdi Nageeye (1989), Leyla Hussein (1980), Ayub Daud (1990), Mohammed Ahmed (1991), Abdisalam Ibrahim (1991), and Ilwad Elman (1990). After her are Nimco Ali (1983), Abdi Hakin Ulad (1991), Omar Mohamed (1996), Shirley McCay (1988), Hassan Mead (1989), and Olt Kondirolli (2003).

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Among WRITERS In Somalia

Among writers born in Somalia, Nadifa Mohamed ranks 4. Before her are Waris Dirie (1965), Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1856), and Nuruddin Farah (1945).

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