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 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2024). Kiran Desai is the 6,911th most popular writer (down from 6,902nd in 2024), the 1,148th 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 6,911 out of 7,302. Before her are Ingrid Klimke, Daniele Ganser, Jérôme Ferrari, Nahoko Uehashi, MacKinlay Kantor, and H. Beam Piper. After her are Tom Parker Bowles, Dan Stanca, Amma Darko, Nicolas Vanier, Michael Goldenberg, and Cyprian Ekwensi.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Ingrid Klimke
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 6,905
Daniele Ganser
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 6,906
Jérôme Ferrari
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 6,907
Nahoko Uehashi
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 6,908
MacKinlay Kantor
1904 - 1977
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 6,909
H. Beam Piper
1904 - 1964
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 6,910
Kiran Desai
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 6,911
Tom Parker Bowles
1974 - Present
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 6,912
Dan Stanca
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 6,913
Amma Darko
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 6,914
Nicolas Vanier
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 6,915
Michael Goldenberg
1965 - Present
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 6,916
Cyprian Ekwensi
1921 - 2007
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 6,917

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Kiran Desai ranks 653. Before her are Robert da Silva Almeida, Artūras Karnišovas, Miran Pavlin, Raül Romeva, Adamari López, 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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Robert da Silva Almeida
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 647
Artūras Karnišovas
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 648
Miran Pavlin
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 649
Raül Romeva
POLITICIAN
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 650
Adamari López
ACTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 651
José María Jiménez
CYCLIST
1971 - 2003
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 652
Kiran Desai
WRITER
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 653
Karel Rada
SOCCER PLAYER
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 654
Leslie Benzies
BUSINESSPERSON
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 655
Will Hunt
MUSICIAN
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 656
Calogero
SINGER
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 657
Michael von der Heide
SINGER
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 658
Juan Garaizabal
SCULPTOR
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 659