WRITER

Amrita Pritam

1919 - 2005

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Amrita Pritam ([əm.mɾɪt̪ɑː pɾiːt̪əm] ; 31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian novelist, essayist and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindi. A prominent figure in Punjabi literature, she is the recipient of the 1956 Sahitya Akademi Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amrita Pritam has received more than 2,229,432 page views. Her biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Amrita Pritam is the 2,157th most popular writer (up from 2,362nd in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 38th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Pakistani Writer.

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  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The skeleton and that man
1987
Piñjara
1950
Safaranāmā
History and criticism, Literature, Modern, Modern Literature
1973
Uniñjā dina
Fiction
1979
Terhawāṃ sūraja
1978
Kore kāg̲h̲aza
India in fiction, Fiction
1982
Eka thī Sārā
Biography, Urdu Poets, Urdu Authors
On the life of Sārā Shuguftah, 20th century Urdu poet from Pakistan; includes her letters to the author and some other friends.
1986
The skeleton and that man
1987
In the times of love and longing
Correspondence, Panjabi Authors
Collection of letters between Amrita Pritam, 1919-2005, Panjabi literatteur, and Imaroza, close associate.
2009
Terhawāṃ sūraja
1978
Uniñjā dina
Fiction
1979
Rasīdī tikata
Panjabi Authors, Biography
1977
Uniñjā dina
Fiction
1979
Terhawāṃ sūraja
1978
Rasīdī tikata
Panjabi Authors, Biography
1977
Uniñjā dina
Fiction
1979
Eka thī Sārā
Biography, Urdu Poets, Urdu Authors
On the life of Sārā Shuguftah, 20th century Urdu poet from Pakistan; includes her letters to the author and some other friends.
1986
The skeleton and that man
1987
Terhawāṃ sūraja
1978
In the times of love and longing
Correspondence, Panjabi Authors
Collection of letters between Amrita Pritam, 1919-2005, Panjabi literatteur, and Imaroza, close associate.
2009
In the times of love and longing
Correspondence, Panjabi Authors
Collection of letters between Amrita Pritam, 1919-2005, Panjabi literatteur, and Imaroza, close associate.
2009
Rasīdī tikata
Panjabi Authors, Biography
1977
Eka thī Sārā
Biography, Urdu Poets, Urdu Authors
On the life of Sārā Shuguftah, 20th century Urdu poet from Pakistan; includes her letters to the author and some other friends.
1986
The skeleton and that man
1987
The skeleton and that man
1987
Rasīdī tikata
Panjabi Authors, Biography
1977
Eka thī Sārā
Biography, Urdu Poets, Urdu Authors
On the life of Sārā Shuguftah, 20th century Urdu poet from Pakistan; includes her letters to the author and some other friends.
1986
Uniñjā dina
Fiction
1979
Terhawāṃ sūraja
1978
In the times of love and longing
Correspondence, Panjabi Authors
Collection of letters between Amrita Pritam, 1919-2005, Panjabi literatteur, and Imaroza, close associate.
2009

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Amrita Pritam ranks 2,157 out of 7,302. Before her are Sabahattin Ali, Aleksander Chodźko, Musa Cälil, Paul the Silentiary, Siri Hustvedt, and Charles de Brosses. After her are Eduard Uspensky, Paul Morand, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Ernst Robert Curtius, Al-Farazdaq, and Phan Bội Châu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Amrita Pritam ranks 93. Before her are Margaret Burbidge, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Ginette Neveu, Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Teruo Nakamura. After her are P. F. Strawson, Mitja Ribičič, Ahmed Abdallah, Silva Kaputikyan, Jean Lefebvre, and Gérard Oury. Among people deceased in 2005, Amrita Pritam ranks 86. Before her are Urie Bronfenbrenner, Álvaro Cunhal, Andre Gunder Frank, Alberto Lattuada, Alexander Yakovlev, and Ed McBain. After her are Jef Raskin, Julio César Turbay Ayala, Edward Bunker, Erich Topp, George Mikan, and Simone Simon.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Amrita Pritam ranks 35 out of 217. Before her are Khushal Khattak (1613), Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1178), Pran (1920), Naropa (1016), Dilip Kumar (1922), and Khema (-550). After her are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (1964), L. K. Advani (1927), Yahya Khan (1914), Asif Ali Zardari (1955), Hamida Banu Begum (1527), and Bulleh Shah (1680).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Amrita Pritam ranks 4. Before her are Muhammad Iqbal (1877), Vasubandhu (400), and Khushal Khattak (1613). After her are Bulleh Shah (1680), Rahman Baba (1632), Krishna Sobti (1925), Tariq Ali (1943), Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911), Sultan Bahu (1630), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), and Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690).

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