WRITER

Mahasweta Devi

1926 - 2016

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Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016) was an Indian writer in Bengali and an activist. Her notable literary works include Hajar Churashir Maa, Rudali, and Aranyer Adhikar. She was a leftist who worked for the rights and empowerment of the tribal people (Lodha and Shabar) of West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh states of India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahasweta Devi has received more than 1,464,722 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Mahasweta Devi is the 2,852nd most popular writer (down from 2,520th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 15th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Bangladeshi Writer.

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  • 59.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mahasweta Devi ranks 2,852 out of 7,302. Before her are Farag Foda, Song Yingxing, Guiraut Riquier, Peter Wessel Zapffe, William L. Shirer, and Heinrich Vogeler. After her are Phlegon of Tralles, Aleksander Fredro, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Irvine Welsh, Leonid Leonov, and Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Mahasweta Devi ranks 185. Before her are Shigeru Kayano, Alfred Pfaff, Mickey Hargitay, Frank Finlay, Johanna Quandt, and Wolfgang Iser. After her are Anne McCaffrey, Georges Lautner, Michael Bond, Richard Anderson, Ivica Horvat, and André Delvaux. Among people deceased in 2016, Mahasweta Devi ranks 182. Before her are Hassan Al-Turabi, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, Lola Novaković, and Sixto Durán Ballén. After her are Christina Grimmie, Fazil Iskander, Yūko Tsushima, Klim Churyumov, Jacques Hamel, and Pierre Étaix.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Mahasweta Devi ranks 22 out of 74. Before her are Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894), Iajuddin Ahmed (1931), Anandamayi Ma (1896), Bipin Chandra Pal (1858), Matsyendranatha (901), and Tajuddin Ahmad (1925). After her are Shahabuddin Ahmed (1930), Radhabinod Pal (1886), S. D. Burman (1906), Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (1918), Patrick D'Rozario (1943), and Mrinal Sen (1923).

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Among WRITERS In Bangladesh

Among writers born in Bangladesh, Mahasweta Devi ranks 4. Before her are Sri Chinmoy (1931), Begum Rokeya (1880), and Chittaranjan Das (1869). After her are Taslima Nasrin (1962), Humayun Ahmed (1948), Kamini Roy (1864), Shankha Ghosh (1932), Sufia Kamal (1911), Ahmed Sofa (1943), Avijit Roy (1972), and Mamunul Haque (1973).

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