# Hoshang Merchant

> Hoshang Dinshaw Merchant is an Indian poet, activist and academic. He is a preeminent voice of gay liberation in India and modern India’s first openly gay poet. Merchant is best known for his anthology on gay writing titled Yaarana.

*Indian writer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1947
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 5.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Hoshang Merchant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoshang_Merchant)
- [هوشانج ميرتشانت](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA)
- [Hoshang Merchant](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoshang_Merchant)
- [ہوشانگ مرچنٹ](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF_%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%86%D9%86%D9%B9)
- [Hoshang Merchant](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoshang_Merchant)
- [Хошанг Мёрчант](https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3_%D0%9C%D1%91%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1630363)

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