WRITER

Kiran Desai

1971 - Today

Kiran Desai

Kiran Desai is an Indian author. Her novel The Inheritance of Loss won the 2006 Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award. In January 2015, The Economic Times listed her as one of 20 most influential global Indian women. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kiran Desai is the 6,874th most popular writer (up from 6,902nd in 2019), the 1,146th most popular biography from India (down from 1,136th in 2019) and the 130th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kiran Desai ranks 6,874 out of 7,302. Before her are Boris Izaguirre, Mercy Otis Warren, Ingrid Klimke, Jérôme Ferrari, MacKinlay Kantor, and H. Beam Piper. After her are Dan Stanca, Amma Darko, Michael Goldenberg, Cyprian Ekwensi, Jay McInerney, and Maja Lunde.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Boris Izaguirre
1965 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 6,868
Mercy Otis Warren
1728 - 1814
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,869
Ingrid Klimke
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 6,870
Jérôme Ferrari
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 6,871
MacKinlay Kantor
1904 - 1977
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 6,872
H. Beam Piper
1904 - 1964
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 6,873
Kiran Desai
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 6,874
Dan Stanca
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 6,875
Amma Darko
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 6,876
Michael Goldenberg
1965 - Present
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 6,877
Cyprian Ekwensi
1921 - 2007
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 6,878
Jay McInerney
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 6,879
Maja Lunde
1975 - Present
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 6,880

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Kiran Desai ranks 615. Before her are Rachel Luttrell, Robert da Silva Almeida, Artūras Karnišovas, Miran Pavlin, Raül Romeva, and José María Jiménez. After her are Karel Rada, Leslie Benzies, Will Hunt, Calogero, Michael von der Heide, and Juan Garaizabal.

Others Born in 1971

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Rachel Luttrell
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 609
Robert da Silva Almeida
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 610
Artūras Karnišovas
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 611
Miran Pavlin
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 612
Raül Romeva
POLITICIAN
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 613
José María Jiménez
CYCLIST
1971 - 2003
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 614
Kiran Desai
WRITER
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 615
Karel Rada
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 616
Leslie Benzies
BUSINESSPERSON
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 617
Will Hunt
MUSICIAN
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 618
Calogero
SINGER
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 619
Michael von der Heide
SINGER
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 620
Juan Garaizabal
SCULPTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 621