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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 269,082 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Tsitsi Dangarembga is the 4,941st most popular writer (up from 5,668th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Zimbabwe (up from 26th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Zimbabwean Writer.

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  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tsitsi Dangarembga ranks 4,941 out of 5,755. Before her are Jamaica Kincaid, José Luandino Vieira, Nicholas Meyer, Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani, Pascal Lainé, and Béatrix Beck. After her are Ekaterine Gabashvili, José María de Pereda, Scott O'Dell, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Michio Mado, and José Craveirinha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Tsitsi Dangarembga ranks 252. Before her are Roland Grapow, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Mare Winningham, Juan José Campanella, Abdulla Yameen, and Nir Barkat. After her are Ricardo Gallego, Christa Luding-Rothenburger, Rob Gonsalves, Sito Pons, Rubén Paz, and Rodrigo García.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Tsitsi Dangarembga ranks 14 out of 38. Before her are Alexander McCall Smith (1948), Rupiah Banda (1937), Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Paula Hawkins (1972), Joshua Nkomo (1917), and Lobengula (1845). After her are Abel Muzorewa (1925), Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), Roy Welensky (1907), Mario Frangoulis (1967), Alex Callinicos (1950), and Oliver Mtukudzi (1952).

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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 Debora Patta (1964) and NoViolet Bulawayo (1981).

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