WRITER

Kamala Markandaya

1924 - 2004

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Kamala Markandaya (23 June 1924 – 16 May 2004), pseudonym of Kamala Purnaiya, married name Kamala Taylor, was a British Indian novelist and journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kamala Markandaya has received more than 234,928 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Kamala Markandaya is the 6,926th most popular writer, the 1,147th most popular biography from India and the 135th most popular Indian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

A handful of rice
1966
The coffer dams
Design and construction, Dams, Fiction
1969
The Vintage Book of Indian Writing 1947-1997
Indic literature (English), Literary collections, Indic literature
1997
Nectar in a sieve
Fiction, general, India, fiction
1954
The nowhere man
1972
Nectar in a sieve
Farm life, Farmers' spouses, Fiction
In a small village in India, a simple peasant woman recalls her life as a child bride, a farmer's wife, and a devoted mother amidst fights to meet changing times, poverty, and disaster.
1954

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kamala Markandaya ranks 6,926 out of 7,302. Before her are Heston Blumenthal, Jenny Han, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Matthew Weiner, Tom Rob Smith, and Attila Bartis. After her are William Allingham, Rupi Kaur, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jo Walton, Irshad Manji, and Meghan McCain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Kamala Markandaya ranks 509. Before her are Laurie Hughes, Ella Mae Morse, Sarah Caldwell, A. B. Bardhan, Jonathan Frid, and Peggy Cass. After her are Tony Britton, and Han Xu. Among people deceased in 2004, Kamala Markandaya ranks 339. Before her are Mikael Ljungberg, Alphonso Ford, Malika Pukhraj, Pacita Abad, Brock Adams, and Ken Downing. After her are Arturo Tolentino, Hicham Zerouali, Terje Bakken, FannyAnn Eddy, Nick Berg, and Soundarya.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kamala Markandaya ranks 1,147 out of 1,861. Before her are Tina Ambani (1957), Tom Alter (1950), Padmini Kolhapure (1965), S. S. Rajamouli (1973), Mamta Kulkarni (1972), and Smriti Irani (1976). After her are Sonakshi Sinha (1987), Dina Pathak (1922), Goutam Ghose (1950), Rupi Kaur (1992), Raman Parimala (1948), and K. S. Chithra (1963).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Kamala Markandaya ranks 135. Before her are Bharati Mukherjee (1940), Toru Dutt (1856), Krishna Hutheesing (1907), Raja Rao (1908), Kiran Desai (1971), and Shobhaa De (1948). After her are Rupi Kaur (1992), Ram Swarup (1920), Sarojini Sahoo (1956), Aravind Adiga (1974), Shashi Deshpande (1938), and Urvashi Butalia (1952).

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