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Taslima Nasrin

1962 - Today

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Taslima Nasrin (born 25 August 1962) is a Bangladeshi-Swedish writer, physician, feminist, secular humanist, and activist. She is known for her writings on the oppression of women and criticism of Islam; some of her books are banned in Bangladesh. She has also been blacklisted and banished from the Bengal region, including both Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. She gained global attention by the beginning of 1990s owing to her essays and novels with feminist views and criticism of what she characterizes as all "misogynistic" religions. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Taslima Nasrin is the 3,817th most popular writer (down from 3,812th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Bangladesh (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Bangladeshi Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Taslima Nasrin ranks 3,817 out of 7,302. Before her are Viktor Nekrasov, Ilya Ilf, Petko Slaveykov, Oksana Zabuzhko, Daniil Granin, and Sturla Þórðarson. After her are Ferenc Kölcsey, Mascha Kaléko, Nikolay Mikhaylovsky, Charles Blanc, Ryhor Baradulin, and Nancy Mitford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Taslima Nasrin ranks 174. Before her are Magne Furuholmen, Paavo Järvi, Oscar Ruggeri, Nikolai Denkov, Bernd Lucke, and Denis O'Hare. After her are Olli Rehn, Hana Mandlíková, Richard Roxburgh, Susanne Klatten, Ferran Adrià, and Hakainde Hichilema.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Taslima Nasrin ranks 29 out of 74. Before her are Patrick D'Rozario (1943), Shahabuddin Ahmed (1930), Bipin Chandra Pal (1858), Chittaranjan Das (1869), S. D. Burman (1906), and A. B. Bardhan (1924). After her are Tajuddin Ahmad (1925), Kamini Roy (1864), Abdur Rahman Biswas (1926), Surya Sen (1894), Fakhruddin Ahmed (1940), and Zainul Abedin (1914).

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Among WRITERS In Bangladesh

Among writers born in Bangladesh, Taslima Nasrin ranks 5. Before her are Sri Chinmoy (1931), Mahasweta Devi (1926), Begum Rokeya (1880), and Chittaranjan Das (1869). After her are Kamini Roy (1864), Humayun Ahmed (1948), Ahmed Sofa (1943), Sufia Kamal (1911), Shankha Ghosh (1932), Avijit Roy (1972), and Mamunul Haque (1973).

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