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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 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Meena Alexander is the 7,265th most popular writer (down from 7,164th in 2024), the 1,379th most popular biography from India (down from 1,366th in 2019) and the 150th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Meena Alexander ranks 7,265 out of 7,302. Before her are Paula White-Cain, Ngarmpun Vejjajiva, Rita Dove, Hanne Ørstavik, Charlotte Roche, and Tamara Duda. After her are Frances Hardinge, Victoria Francés, Ian Brennan, Melinda Nadj Abonji, Jim Cornette, and Tanja Stupar-Trifunović.

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Among people born in 1951, Meena Alexander ranks 742. 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 623. Before her are Vlatko Ilievski, Peter Thomson, Jung Jae-sung, Ralph Santolla, Markus Beyer, and Jlloyd Samuel. After her are Rita Bhaduri, Oleg Pavlov, Goran Bunjevčević, Juan Carlos García, Saba Mahmood, and Craig Mack.

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In India

Among people born in India, Meena Alexander ranks 1,379 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 150. Before her are Anita Nair (1966), Shashi Deshpande (1938), Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956), K. R. Meera (1970), Ramachandra Guha (1958), and Sushmita Banerjee (1964). After her are Dinesh D'Souza (1961), Nirupama Rao (1950), Tapan Kumar Pradhan (1972), Rita Chowdhury (1960), Chetan Bhagat (1974), and Sharmila Rege (1964).

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