WRITER

Nadifa Mohamed

1981 - Today

Nadifa Mohamed

Nadifa Mohamed (Somali: Nadiifa Maxamed, Arabic: نظيفة محمد) (born 1981) is a Somali-British novelist. She featured on Granta magazine's list "Best of Young British Novelists" in 2013, and in 2014 on the Africa39 list of writers aged under 40 with potential and talent to define future trends in African literature. Her 2021 novel, The Fortune Men, was shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize, making her the first British Somali novelist to get this honour. She has also written short stories, essays, memoirs and articles in outlets including The Guardian, and contributed poetry to the anthology New Daughters of Africa (edited by Margaret Busby, 2019). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nadifa Mohamed is the 7,289th most popular writer (up from 7,296th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Somalia and the 4th most popular Somali Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nadifa Mohamed ranks 7,289 out of 7,302. Before her are Janet Mock, Rachel Morrison, Ben Goldacre, Michael Hastings, G. Willow Wilson, and Ned Vizzini. After her are Robyn Young, Maajid Nawaz, Lyra McKee, Abby Stein, Meena Kandasamy, and Helen Oyeyemi.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Janet Mock
1983 - Present
HPI: 34.00
Rank: 7,283
Rachel Morrison
1978 - Present
HPI: 33.94
Rank: 7,284
Ben Goldacre
1974 - Present
HPI: 33.89
Rank: 7,285
Michael Hastings
1980 - 2013
HPI: 33.87
Rank: 7,286
G. Willow Wilson
1982 - Present
HPI: 33.73
Rank: 7,287
Ned Vizzini
1981 - 2013
HPI: 33.47
Rank: 7,288
Nadifa Mohamed
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.21
Rank: 7,289
Robyn Young
HPI: 33.07
Rank: 7,290
Maajid Nawaz
1977 - Present
HPI: 32.98
Rank: 7,291
Lyra McKee
1990 - 2019
HPI: 32.70
Rank: 7,292
Abby Stein
1991 - Present
HPI: 31.78
Rank: 7,293
Meena Kandasamy
1984 - Present
HPI: 31.02
Rank: 7,294
Helen Oyeyemi
1984 - Present
HPI: 30.58
Rank: 7,295

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Nadifa Mohamed ranks 1,453. Before her are Fearne Cotton, Wilson Deodato da Silva, Gwenno Saunders, Ned Vizzini, Nicole da Silva, and Shelley Rudman. After her are Eric Butorac, Craig Anderson, Shane Watson, Ibrahima Sonko, Kimberly Brooks, and Shalane Flanagan.

Others Born in 1981

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Fearne Cotton
PRESENTER
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.62
Rank: 1,447
Wilson Deodato da Silva
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.61
Rank: 1,448
Gwenno Saunders
SINGER
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.51
Rank: 1,449
Ned Vizzini
WRITER
1981 - 2013
HPI: 33.47
Rank: 1,450
Nicole da Silva
ACTOR
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.32
Rank: 1,451
Shelley Rudman
ATHLETE
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.28
Rank: 1,452
Nadifa Mohamed
WRITER
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.21
Rank: 1,453
Eric Butorac
TENNIS PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.20
Rank: 1,454
Craig Anderson
HOCKEY PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.16
Rank: 1,455
Shane Watson
CRICKETER
1981 - Present
HPI: 33.08
Rank: 1,456
Ibrahima Sonko
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 32.94
Rank: 1,457
Kimberly Brooks
ACTOR
1981 - Present
HPI: 32.58
Rank: 1,458
Shalane Flanagan
ATHLETE
1981 - Present
HPI: 32.36
Rank: 1,459