# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rana-dasgupta
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:18:18.920Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rana-dasgupta"
name: "Rana Dasgupta"
slug: "rana-dasgupta"
description: "Rana Dasgupta is an English novelist and essayist. In 2010, The Daily Telegraph called him one of Britain's best novelists under 40. In 2014, Le Monde named him one of 70 people who are making the world of tomorrow. Among the prizes won by Dasgupta's works are the Commonwealth Prize and the Ryszard Kapuściński Award."
tagline: "British Indian novelist and essayist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rana-Dasgupta-20100427-2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1971-11-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.84
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.903206666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/byranadasgupta"
    handle:    "byranadasgupta"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2252546/"
    handle:    "nm2252546"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ranadasgupta.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Rana Dasgupta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رانا داسقوپتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рана Дасгупта"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_Dasgupta"
    title: "Rana Dasgupta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_Dasgupta"
    title: "Rana Dasgupta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "رانا داسگوپتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_Dasgupta"
    title: "Rana Dasgupta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_Dasgupta"
    title: "Rana Dasgupta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7290627"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1841324"
    title: "Rana Dasgupta"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump