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Fatima Meer

1928 - 2010

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Fatima Meer (12 August 1928 – 12 March 2010) was a South African writer, academic, screenwriter, and prominent anti-apartheid activist. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Fatima Meer is the 5,916th most popular writer (up from 6,948th in 2024), the 173rd most popular biography from South Africa (up from 284th in 2019) and the 18th most popular South African Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fatima Meer ranks 5,916 out of 7,302. Before her are Philaenis, Jacqueline Wilson, John Connolly, Alfred Capus, Susan Glaspell, and Michael Scott. After her are Walter Moers, Rebecca Solnit, Aleksandr Sukhovo-Kobylin, Samuel Benchetrit, Nikolay Rubtsov, and Whittaker Chambers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Fatima Meer ranks 508. Before her are José Antonio Roca, Christian Poncelet, Juan Rodríguez, Joaquín Capilla, Jerome Biffle, and Ivan Kizimov. After her are Richard M. Sherman, Türkân Akyol, Garry Winogrand, Sture Allén, Elizabeth F. Neufeld, and Rudolf Plyukfelder. Among people deceased in 2010, Fatima Meer ranks 381. Before her are Dorothy Janis, Michael Foot, Jacques Swaters, Audrey Williamson, Janusz Zakrzeński, and Paul Drayton. After her are Guru, Franciszek Gągor, James MacArthur, Lisa Blount, Earl Wild, and Zbigniew Gut.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Fatima Meer ranks 173 out of 454. Before her are Doug Serrurier (1920), David Benatar (1966), Karel Schoeman (1939), Thomas Shardelow (1931), Ingrid Jonker (1933), and Ahmed Kathrada (1929). After her are Griselda Pollock (1949), Constand Viljoen (1933), Solomon Linda (1909), Bessie Head (1937), Gavin Hood (1963), and Florence Fuller (1867).

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Among WRITERS In South Africa

Among writers born in South Africa, Fatima Meer ranks 18. Before her are Deon Meyer (1958), Gcina Mhlophe (1958), Elsa Joubert (1922), Andrew Murray (1828), Karel Schoeman (1939), and Ingrid Jonker (1933). After her are Bessie Head (1937), John Langalibalele Dube (1871), Damon Galgut (1963), Antjie Krog (1952), Muhsin Hendricks (null), and Es'kia Mphahlele (1919).

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