WRITER

Jayakanthan

1934 - 2015

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D. Jayakanthan (24 April 1934 – 8 April 2015), popularly known as JK, was an Indian writer, journalist, orator, filmmaker, critic and activist. Born in Cuddalore, he dropped out of school at the age of 9 and went to Madras, where he joined the Communist Party of India. In a career spanning six decades, he authored around 40 novels, 200 short stories, apart from two autobiographies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jayakanthan has received more than 476,044 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jayakanthan is the 4,557th most popular writer (down from 4,420th in 2019), the 572nd most popular biography from India (down from 510th in 2019) and the 87th most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 48.83

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jayakanthan ranks 4,557 out of 7,302. Before him are Nikolay Zabolotsky, Ariel Durant, Runer Jonsson, Charles Simic, Philippe Hériat, and Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa. After him are Birgitta Trotzig, Amiri Baraka, Francis de Miomandre, Hadiya Davletshina, Mykhaylo Semenko, and Elin Wägner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Jayakanthan ranks 323. Before him are Roger Norrington, Lyudmila Shevtsova, Tomás Eloy Martínez, Alan Bennett, Kamala Surayya, and Tonina Torrielli. After him are Amiri Baraka, Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Elżbieta Krzesińska, Oğuz Atay, May-Louise Flodin, and Gotlib. Among people deceased in 2015, Jayakanthan ranks 279. Before him are Ivan Davidov, Stephan Beckenbauer, William Wakefield Baum, Gamal El-Ghitani, Kayahan, and Joseph Engelberger. After him are Peter de Klerk, Leo Kadanoff, Milorad Milutinović, Elżbieta Krzesińska, Ibrahim Biogradlić, and Wayne Rogers.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jayakanthan ranks 572 out of 1,861. Before him are Rahul Gandhi (1970), Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882), Manna Dey (1919), Robert Swinhoe (1836), Arjun Appadurai (1949), and Kamala Surayya (1934). After him are Sushma Swaraj (1952), Roshan Seth (1942), Naseeruddin Shah (1949), The Great Gama (1878), Verghese Kurien (1921), and Muhammad Azam Shah (1653).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Jayakanthan ranks 87. Before him are Balamani Amma (1909), Raghunath Murmu (1905), Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872), Yashpal (1903), Hasrat Mohani (1875), and Kamala Surayya (1934). After him are Cerverí de Girona (1259), Shudraka (500), Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Qurratulain Hyder (1927), and Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890).

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