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Hanif Kureishi

1954 - Today

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Hanif Kureishi (born 5 December 1954) is a British Pakistani playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, and novelist. He is known for his film My Beautiful Laundrette and novel The Buddha of Suburbia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hanif Kureishi is the 4,861st most popular writer (up from 5,649th in 2019), the 3,826th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,360th in 2019) and the 414th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Hanif Kureishi ranks 4,861 out of 7,302. Before him are Kenjirō Tokutomi, Johan Borgen, Franciszek Karpiński, Akram Aylisli, Ronald Knox, and František Čelakovský. After him are José Eustasio Rivera, Bedros Tourian, Terenci Moix, Henrik Nordbrandt, Gabriel Aresti, and Wolfgang Koeppen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Hanif Kureishi ranks 332. Before him are Hideki Maeda, Hansi Hinterseer, Bob Rock, Ellen von Unwerth, Bill Joy, and Einar Már Guðmundsson. After him are Guy Kawasaki, Annette Haven, Jo Gartner, Jouko Törmänen, Tarak Dhiab, and Ken Stott.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hanif Kureishi ranks 3,827 out of 8,785. Before him are Kenneth Cranham (1944), Rhona Mitra (1976), Dorothy Holman (1883), Gordon Haskell (1946), Ronald Knox (1888), and Patrick Moore (1923). After him are Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer (1850), William Kirby (1759), Andy Bell (1970), John Hutton Balfour (1808), Phil Neal (1951), and Arthur Russell (1886).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Hanif Kureishi ranks 414. Before him are Michael Hirst (1952), Max Beerbohm (1872), Taylor Caldwell (1900), Roger Ascham (1515), Helen Fielding (1958), and Ronald Knox (1888). After him are Clare Hollingworth (1911), Lucy Hawking (1969), Peter Ackroyd (1949), Alex Garland (1970), Eva Crane (1912), and Anna Löwenstein (1951).

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