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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 3,191,976 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Kamala Surayya is the 4,339th most popular writer (down from 3,915th in 2019), the 500th most popular biography from India (down from 414th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kamala Surayya ranks 4,339 out of 5,755. Before her are Constantin Negruzzi, Hanna Krall, Yuri Bondarev, Polydore Vergil, Bob Shaw, and Mirjam Pressler. After her are Vittorio Messori, Chaim Potok, John Mawe, Richard Steele, Isaac Watts, and Manuel Bandeira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Kamala Surayya ranks 299. Before her are Lasse Mårtenson, Mario David, Francesco Monterisi, Zlatko Papec, Alan Bennett, and Zaid ibn Shaker. After her are Diane di Prima, Galina Bystrova, Héctor De Bourgoing, Lyudmila Shevtsova, Amiri Baraka, and Vilhjálmur Einarsson. Among people deceased in 2009, Kamala Surayya ranks 212. Before her are Elisabeth Söderström, Otar Chiladze, Alexis Argüello, José Torres, Barry Flanagan, and Koko Taylor. After her are Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, José Luis López Vázquez, Gayatri Devi, Torsten Lindberg, Marilyn French, and Mary Travers.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kamala Surayya ranks 500 out of 1,493. Before her are Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928), Roberto de Nobili (1577), Rajkumar (1929), Ramananda (1400), Sarla Thakral (1914), and John Frost (1912). After her are Christian Zacharias (1950), Charles Gmelin (1872), Madhuri Dixit (1967), Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1923), Jyoti Basu (1914), and Meira Kumar (1945).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Kamala Surayya ranks 78. Before her are Nirmal Verma (1929), Mahadev Desai (1892), Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Kamini Roy (1864), and Saadat Hasan Manto (1912). After her are Jayakanthan (1934), Kedarnath Singh (1934), Balamani Amma (1909), Qurratulain Hyder (1927), Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), and Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897).

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