WRITER

Taslima Nasrin

1962 - Today

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Taslima Nasrin (born 25 August 1962) is a Bangladeshi writer, physician, feminist, secular humanist, and activist. She is known for her writing on women's oppression and criticism of religion; some of her books are banned in Bangladesh. She has also been blacklisted and banished from the Bengal region, both from Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.She gained global attention by the beginning of 1990s owing to her essays and novels with feminist views and criticism of what she characterizes as all "misogynistic" religions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taslima Nasrin has received more than 1,639,551 page views. Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Taslima Nasrin is the 3,812th most popular writer (up from 4,223rd in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 25th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Bangladeshi Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Verguenza
1995
Meyebela
1998
Das Mädchen, das ich war. Die Autobiographie einer Kindheit. ( Sachbuch)
Social conditions, Childhood and youth, Women
2000
Shame
Hindus, Fanaticism, Religious fundamentalism
1997
Nirbachita column
Feminism
1993
Nashta meyer nashta gadya
Women's issues
1993

Page views of Taslima Nasrins by language

Over the past year Taslima Nasrin has had the most page views in the with 147,755 views, followed by Bengali (38,459), and French (12,707). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Sinhalese (120.62%), Turkish (80.66%), and Esperanto (58.54%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Taslima Nasrin ranks 3,812 out of 7,302. Before her are Gennadius of Massilia, Alexander Volkov, Jane Wilde, Ramiro de Maeztu, Henry Adams, and Masha Gessen. After her are Richard Hammond, Carmen Martín Gaite, Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah, Francis Beaumont, Siamanto, and Maurice Paléologue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Taslima Nasrin ranks 168. Before her are Tariq Ramadan, Michael Weikath, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Uwe Rahn, MC Hammer, and Wim Kieft. After her are Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Branko Đurić, Bertrand Gachot, Joan Osborne, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, and Nawal El Moutawakel.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Taslima Nasrin ranks 32 out of 74. Before her are Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (1918), Patrick D'Rozario (1943), Mrinal Sen (1923), A. K. Fazlul Huq (1873), Fakhruddin Ahmed (1940), and Ritwik Ghatak (1925). After her are Kalpana Datta (1913), Humayun Ahmed (1948), Fazlur Rahman Khan (1929), Surya Sen (1894), Kamini Roy (1864), and Zainul Abedin (1914).

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Among WRITERS In Bangladesh

Among writers born in Bangladesh, Taslima Nasrin ranks 5. Before her are Sri Chinmoy (1931), Begum Rokeya (1880), Chittaranjan Das (1869), and Mahasweta Devi (1926). After her are Humayun Ahmed (1948), Kamini Roy (1864), Shankha Ghosh (1932), Sufia Kamal (1911), Ahmed Sofa (1943), Avijit Roy (1972), and Mamunul Haque (1973).

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