WRITER

Kamala Surayya

1934 - 2009

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Kamala Surayya (born Kamala; 31 March 1934 – 31 May 2009), popularly known by her one-time pen name Madhavikutty and married name Kamala Das, was an Indian poet in English as well as an author in Malayalam from Kerala, India. Her fame in Kerala primarily stems from her short stories and autobiography, My Story, whereas her body of work in English, penned under the pseudonym Kamala Das, is renowned for its poems and candid autobiography. She was also a widely read columnist and wrote on diverse topics including women's issues, child care, politics, etc. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kamala Surayya has received more than 3,338,246 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Kamala Surayya is the 4,548th most popular writer (down from 4,326th in 2019), the 571st most popular biography from India (down from 496th in 2019) and the 86th most popular Indian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

My Story
Malayalam Authors, Biography
1976
Bālyakālasmaraṇakaḷ
Biography, Malayalam Authors, English Authors
1987
The descendants
1967
Tonight, this savage rite
1979
Kamala Das
1984
The old playhouse and other poems
1973

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kamala Surayya ranks 4,548 out of 7,302. Before her are Wilhelm Geiger, Mihály Csokonai, René Guillot, Sandra Brown, David Mamet, and Can Xue. After her are Ernst Stadler, Isaac Watts, Nikolay Zabolotsky, Ariel Durant, Runer Jonsson, and Charles Simic.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Kamala Surayya ranks 321. Before her are Turan Dursun, Roy Kerr, Roger Norrington, Lyudmila Shevtsova, Tomás Eloy Martínez, and Alan Bennett. After her are Tonina Torrielli, Jayakanthan, Amiri Baraka, Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Elżbieta Krzesińska, and Oğuz Atay. Among people deceased in 2009, Kamala Surayya ranks 228. Before her are G. A. Cohen, Olja Ivanjicki, Pio Laghi, Arne Bendiksen, Rodrigo Carazo Odio, and Harry Patch. After her are Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, Arnold Meri, Edmund Purdom, Val Avery, Lei Clijsters, and Léon Glovacki.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kamala Surayya ranks 571 out of 1,861. Before her are Dawood Ibrahim (1955), Rahul Gandhi (1970), Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882), Manna Dey (1919), Robert Swinhoe (1836), and Arjun Appadurai (1949). After her are Jayakanthan (1934), Sushma Swaraj (1952), Roshan Seth (1942), Naseeruddin Shah (1949), The Great Gama (1878), and Verghese Kurien (1921).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Kamala Surayya ranks 86. Before her are Nirmal Verma (1929), Balamani Amma (1909), Raghunath Murmu (1905), Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872), Yashpal (1903), and Hasrat Mohani (1875). After her are Jayakanthan (1934), Cerverí de Girona (1259), Shudraka (500), Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), and Qurratulain Hyder (1927).

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