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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 447,879 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jayakanthan is the 4,434th most popular writer, the 514th most popular biography from India and the 79th most popular Indian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jayakanthan ranks 4,434 out of 5,755. Before him are Robert B. Parker, Louis Bromfield, Samih al-Qasim, Mihály Csokonai, Ranko Marinković, and Klaus Rifbjerg. After him are Sara Lidman, Łukasz Górnicki, Yuri Vizbor, Florence Delay, Fran Levstik, and Karel Sabina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Jayakanthan ranks 309. Before him are Lyudmila Shevtsova, Amiri Baraka, Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Gergely Kulcsár, Tevfik Kış, and Elżbieta Krzesińska. After him are Yuri Vizbor, James Franciscus, Gyoji Matsumoto, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Carlos Amigo Vallejo, and Gleb Panfilov. Among people deceased in 2015, Jayakanthan ranks 264. Before him are James Best, Jackie Collins, Jonah Lomu, Ron Moody, Elżbieta Krzesińska, and Klaus Rifbjerg. After him are Gerrit Voorting, Amparo Baró, Colette Marchand, Józef Oleksy, Ferenc Kiss, and Elio Toaff.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jayakanthan ranks 514 out of 1,493. Before him are Amrit Kaur (1889), P. T. Usha (1964), Fauja Singh (1911), Har Dayal (1884), Sivaji Ganesan (1928), and D. R. Kaprekar (1905). After him are Neerja Bhanot (1963), Mayawati (1956), Kedarnath Singh (1934), Jamini Roy (1887), Gangubai Hangal (1913), and Dara Singh (1928).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Jayakanthan ranks 79. Before him are Mahadev Desai (1892), Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Kamini Roy (1864), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), and Kamala Surayya (1934). After him are Kedarnath Singh (1934), Balamani Amma (1909), Qurratulain Hyder (1927), Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897), and Shrilal Shukla (1925).

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