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WRITER

Balamani Amma

1909 - 2004

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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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  • 790k

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  • 47.05

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In India

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).

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Among WRITERS In India

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).

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