WRITER

Tsitsi Dangarembga

1959 - Today

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Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 4 February 1959) is a Zimbabwean novelist, playwright and filmmaker. Her debut novel, Nervous Conditions (1988), which was the first to be published in English by a Black woman from Zimbabwe, was named by the BBC in 2018 as one of the top 100 books that have shaped the world. She has won other literary honours, including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the PEN Pinter Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tsitsi Dangarembga has received more than 289,286 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Tsitsi Dangarembga is the 5,566th most popular writer (down from 4,924th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Zimbabwe (down from 14th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Zimbabwean Writer.

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  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tsitsi Dangarembga ranks 5,566 out of 7,302. Before her are Evgeny Sveshnikov, Zośka Vieras, Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen, Ğäliäsğar Kamal, Ravindra Prabhat, and Paula Yates. After her are Sándor Bródy, Stefan Andres, Olivier Rolin, Hendrik Marsman, Susanna Clarke, and Diomidis Kyriakos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Tsitsi Dangarembga ranks 329. Before her are Christa Luding-Rothenburger, Steve Strange, Brendan Perry, Joe Elliott, Kwak Jae-yong, and Paula Yates. After her are Susanna Clarke, Stanislaw Tillich, Paul McGann, Charlie Murphy, Domiziana Giordano, and Brilliant Dadashova.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Tsitsi Dangarembga ranks 15 out of 45. Before her are Joshua Nkomo (1917), John Love (1924), Alexander McCall Smith (1948), Abel Muzorewa (1925), Paula Hawkins (1972), and Lobengula (1845). After her are Roy Welensky (1907), Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), Alex Callinicos (1950), Mario Frangoulis (1967), Kevin Ullyett (1972), and Dorothy Masuka (1935).

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Among WRITERS In Zimbabwe

Among writers born in Zimbabwe, Tsitsi Dangarembga ranks 3. Before her are Alexander McCall Smith (1948), and Paula Hawkins (1972). After her are Chenjerai Hove (1956), Yvonne Vera (1964), NoViolet Bulawayo (1981), and Debora Patta (1964).

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