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Nadifa Mohamed

1981 - Today

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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 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Nadifa Mohamed is the 7,526th most popular writer (down from 7,297th in 2024), the 58th most popular biography from Somalia (down from 57th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Somali Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nadifa Mohamed ranks 7,526 out of 7,302. Before her are Brooke Magnanti, Jennifer Weiner, Ned Vizzini, Angie Thomas, Becky Albertalli, and Elizabeth Bear. After her are Robyn Young, Maajid Nawaz, Reham Khan, Lyra McKee, Prasoon Joshi, and Anuja Chauhan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Nadifa Mohamed ranks 1,700. Before her are Atishi Marlena, Paul Mulders, Miek van Geenhuizen, Nicole da Silva, Shangela, and Shelley Rudman. After her are Eric Butorac, Craig Anderson, Shane Watson, Jan Gunnar Solli, Adam Wheeler, and Todd Terje.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Nadifa Mohamed ranks 58 out of 58. Before her are Abdi Nageeye (1989), Farhiyo Farah Ibrahim (1982), Liban Abdi (1988), Ilwad Elman (1990), Abdisalam Ibrahim (1991), and Ayub Daud (1990). After her are Amal Aden (1983), Nimco Ali (1983), Ubah Ali (1996), Abdi Hakin Ulad (1991), Omar Mohamed (1996), and Shirley McCay (1988).

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Among WRITERS In Somalia

Among writers born in Somalia, Nadifa Mohamed ranks 4. Before her are Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1856), Waris Dirie (1965), and Nuruddin Farah (1945). After her are Amal Aden (1983).

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