WRITER

Krishna Sobti

1925 - 2019

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Krishna Sobti (18 February 1925 – 25 January 2019) was an Indian Hindi-language fiction writer and essayist. She won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1980 for her novel Zindaginama and in 1996, was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest award of the Akademi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Krishna Sobti has received more than 406,733 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Krishna Sobti is the 2,680th most popular writer (up from 2,744th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Pakistani Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Krishna Sobti ranks 2,680 out of 7,302. Before her are Heimito von Doderer, Uhwudong, Mihály Vörösmarty, Edith Pargeter, Bhavabhuti, and Herbert Read. After her are Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Petar Hektorović, Harlan Ellison, Labīd, Jacques Collin de Plancy, and Alex Haley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Krishna Sobti ranks 172. Before her are Alexei Tupolev, Elmore Leonard, Doris Hart, June Whitfield, John DeLorean, and Yuval Ne'eman. After her are Wojciech Has, Michael Dummett, Arlene Dahl, Etel Adnan, Julie Harris, and Don Alden Adams. Among people deceased in 2019, Krishna Sobti ranks 160. Before her are Stefano Delle Chiaie, Paul Volcker, Dick Dale, Edith González, Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, and Ric Ocasek. After her are Jean-Pierre Marielle, Peter Schreier, Luigi Colani, José Antonio Reyes, Marie-José Nat, and Don Alden Adams.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Krishna Sobti ranks 44 out of 217. Before her are Yahya Khan (1914), Asif Ali Zardari (1955), Hamida Banu Begum (1527), Bulleh Shah (1680), Nawaz Sharif (1949), and Rahman Baba (1632). After her are Ustad Ahmad Lahori (1580), Lokaksema (147), Ghulam Ishaq Khan (1915), Raja Dahir (663), Tariq Ali (1943), and Taxiles (-400).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Krishna Sobti ranks 7. Before her are Muhammad Iqbal (1877), Vasubandhu (400), Khushal Khattak (1613), Amrita Pritam (1919), Bulleh Shah (1680), and Rahman Baba (1632). After her are Tariq Ali (1943), Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911), Sultan Bahu (1630), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690), and Mulk Raj Anand (1905).

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