1909 - 2004
Nalapat Balamani Amma (19 July 1909 – 29 September 2004) was an Indian poet who wrote in Malayalam. Amma (Mother), Muthassi (Grandmother), and Mazhuvinte Katha (The story of the Axe) are some of her well-known works. She was a recipient of many awards and honours, including the Padma Bhushan, Saraswati Samman, Sahitya Akademi Award, and Ezhuthachan Award. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Balamani Amma has received more than 793,640 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Balamani Amma is the 4,483rd most popular writer (down from 4,277th in 2019), the 521st most popular biography from India (down from 467th in 2019) and the 81st most popular Indian Writer.
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Among writers, Balamani Amma ranks 4,483 out of 5,755. Before her are Leonard Howell, Kito Lorenc, Boualem Sansal, Aagje Deken, Besiki, and Philippe Claudel. After her are Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Florian Ceynowa, William Cullen Bryant, Anna Maria Lenngren, Ramón J. Sender, and Mahmud Taymur.
1898 - 1981
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 4,477
1938 - 2017
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 4,478
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 4,479
1741 - 1804
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 4,480
1750 - 1791
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 4,481
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 4,482
1909 - 2004
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 4,483
1835 - 1915
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 4,484
1817 - 1881
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 4,485
1794 - 1878
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 4,486
1754 - 1817
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 4,487
1901 - 1982
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 4,488
1894 - 1973
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 4,489
Among people born in 1909, Balamani Amma ranks 244. Before her are Hilde Domin, Arvo Askola, Cilly Aussem, James Agee, Toshiko Yuasa, and Bill Carr. After her are Sven Jonasson, Mike Todd, Ramón Villeda Morales, Arthur Jonath, Johnny Mercer, and Chester Himes. Among people deceased in 2004, Balamani Amma ranks 193. Before her are Karel Kachyňa, Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Joan Aiken, Jan Sterling, Sara Lidman, and Oscar Heisserer. After her are Janet Akyüz Mattei, David Reimer, Laurance Rockefeller, Lea De Mae, Kenneth E. Iverson, and Bagrat Shinkuba.
1909 - 2006
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 238
1909 - 1975
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 239
1909 - 1963
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 240
1909 - 1955
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 241
1909 - 1980
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 242
1909 - 1966
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 243
1909 - 2004
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 244
1909 - 1984
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 245
1909 - 1958
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 246
1909 - 1971
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 247
1909 - 1963
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 248
1909 - 1976
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 249
1909 - 1984
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 250
1924 - 2004
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 187
1947 - 2004
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 188
1924 - 2004
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 189
1921 - 2004
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 190
1923 - 2004
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 191
1914 - 2004
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 192
1909 - 2004
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 193
1943 - 2004
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 194
1965 - 2004
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 195
1910 - 2004
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 196
1976 - 2004
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 197
1920 - 2004
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 198
1917 - 2004
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 199
Among people born in India, Balamani Amma ranks 521 out of 1,493. Before her are Neerja Bhanot (1963), Mayawati (1956), Kedarnath Singh (1934), Jamini Roy (1887), Gangubai Hangal (1913), and Dara Singh (1928). After her are Syama Prasad Mukherjee (1901), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Qurratulain Hyder (1927), Sunny Deol (1956), Sachin Tendulkar (1973), and Akshay Kumar (1967).
1963 - 1986
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 515
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 516
1934 - 2018
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 517
1887 - 1972
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 518
1913 - 2009
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 519
1928 - 2012
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 520
1909 - 2004
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 521
1901 - 1953
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 522
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 523
1927 - 2007
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 524
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 525
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 526
1967 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 527
Among writers born in India, Balamani Amma ranks 81. Before her are Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Kamini Roy (1864), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), Kamala Surayya (1934), Jayakanthan (1934), and Kedarnath Singh (1934). After her are Qurratulain Hyder (1927), Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897), Shrilal Shukla (1925), Raghunath Murmu (1905), and Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775).
1926 - 1997
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 75
1864 - 1933
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 76
1912 - 1955
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 77
1934 - 2009
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 78
1934 - 2015
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 79
1934 - 2018
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 80
1909 - 2004
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 81
1927 - 2007
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 82
1942 - 2011
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 83
1897 - 1995
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 84
1925 - 2011
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 85
1905 - 1982
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 86
1775 - 1835
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 87