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Meena Alexander

1951 - 2018

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Meena Alexander (17 February 1951 – 21 November 2018) was an Indian American poet, scholar, and writer. Born in Allahabad, India, and raised in India and Sudan, Alexander later lived and worked in New York City, where she was a Distinguished Professor of English at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Meena Alexander is the 7,131st most popular writer (up from 7,164th in 2019), the 1,366th most popular biography from India and the 148th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Meena Alexander ranks 7,131 out of 7,302. Before her are Vanessa Taylor, Lev Grossman, Garth Nix, Rita Dove, Hanne Ørstavik, and Charlotte Roche. After her are Frances Hardinge, Ian Brennan, Jim Cornette, Tanja Stupar-Trifunović, Valeria Luiselli, and Alan Rusbridger.

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Among people born in 1951, Meena Alexander ranks 741. Before her are Joe Piscopo, Elijah Cummings, Rehman Malik, Kermit Washington, Mike Leavitt, and Paula Vogel. After her are Alexander Downer, Joe Sestak, Raelene Boyle, Jim Douglas, Stephen S. Oswald, and Jim Holton. Among people deceased in 2018, Meena Alexander ranks 614. Before her are Richard A. Searfoss, Ken Dodd, Vlatko Ilievski, Peter Thomson, Jung Jae-sung, and Jlloyd Samuel. After her are Rita Bhaduri, Goran Bunjevčević, Juan Carlos García, Craig Mack, Kalpana Lajmi, and Nicholas Bett.

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In India

Among people born in India, Meena Alexander ranks 1,366 out of 1,861. Before her are Akshaye Khanna (1975), Sushmita Banerjee (1964), White Town (1966), Lillete Dubey (1953), Kunjarani Devi (1968), and Sulakshana Pandit (1954). After her are Rita Bhaduri (1955), Mani Kaul (1944), Mohammad Azharuddin (1963), Indu Jain (1936), Rahul Bose (1967), and Soha Ali Khan (1978).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Meena Alexander ranks 148. Before her are Sanal Edamaruku (1955), Anita Nair (1966), Shashi Deshpande (1938), Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956), Ramachandra Guha (1958), and Sushmita Banerjee (1964). After her are Dinesh D'Souza (1961), Nirupama Rao (1950), Tapan Kumar Pradhan (1972), Chetan Bhagat (1974), Sharmila Rege (1964), and Anupama Chopra (1967).

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