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Shashi Deshpande

1938 - Today

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Shashi Deshpande (born 1938) is an Indian novelist. She is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Padma Shri Award in 1990 and 2009 respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shashi Deshpande is the 7,084th most popular writer (down from 7,020th in 2019), the 1,308th most popular biography from India (down from 1,214th in 2019) and the 144th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shashi Deshpande ranks 7,084 out of 7,302. Before her are Mamunul Haque, Eka Kurniawan, Sefi Atta, Krisztina Tóth, Bryan Konietzko, and Anita Nair. After her are Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Gayle Forman, Josh Schwartz, Arno Geiger, Larry Christiansen, and Inna Shevchenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Shashi Deshpande ranks 620. Before her are Michael Bell, Anne Helm, Ishmael Reed, Patrick John, Derek Dougan, and Sai Paranjpye. After her are Bill Christian, Paul G. Kirk, Suniti Solomon, Frank Kelly, and Tom Lester.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shashi Deshpande ranks 1,308 out of 1,861. Before her are Pankaj Advani (1985), Aarya Babbar (1982), Tom Alter (1950), Bishan Singh Bedi (1946), Anita Nair (1966), and Karun Chandhok (1984). After her are Siddhartha Mukherjee (1970), R. Madhavan (1970), Rituparno Ghosh (1963), Rati Agnihotri (1960), Sanaya Irani (1983), and Ritika Singh (1994).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Shashi Deshpande ranks 144. Before her are Kamala Markandaya (1924), Gita Mehta (1943), Krishna Hutheesing (1907), Ram Swarup (1920), Sanal Edamaruku (1955), and Anita Nair (1966). After her are Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956), Ramachandra Guha (1958), Sushmita Banerjee (1964), Meena Alexander (1951), Dinesh D'Souza (1961), and Nirupama Rao (1950).

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