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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 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Shashi Deshpande is the 7,178th most popular writer (down from 7,020th in 2024), the 1,314th most popular biography from India (down from 1,214th in 2019) and the 145th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shashi Deshpande ranks 7,178 out of 7,302. Before her are Conceição Lima, Krisztina Tóth, Bryan Konietzko, Goran Vojnović, Natalka Sniadanko, and Anita Nair. After her are Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Gayle Forman, Aka Morchiladze, Chen Ran, Baatarsuren Shuudertsetseg, and Josh Schwartz.

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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 1,312 out of 1,861. Before her are 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), Ritika Singh (1994), Uday Chopra (1973), and Urmila Matondkar (1974).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Shashi Deshpande ranks 145. Before her are Gita Mehta (1943), Krishna Hutheesing (1907), Ram Swarup (1920), Pankaj Mishra (1969), Sanal Edamaruku (1955), and Anita Nair (1966). After her are Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956), K. R. Meera (1970), Ramachandra Guha (1958), Sushmita Banerjee (1964), Meena Alexander (1951), and Dinesh D'Souza (1961).

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