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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 1,385,022 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Mahasweta Devi is the 2,528th most popular writer (up from 3,167th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Bangladesh (up from 18th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Bangladeshi Writer.

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  • 53.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mahasweta Devi ranks 2,528 out of 5,755. Before her are Johannes Mario Simmel, Ilse Aichinger, Ram Prasad Bismil, Isak Samokovlija, Eric Roth, and Yi Kwang-su. After her are Aelred of Rievaulx, Lawrence Block, Sumitranandan Pant, Mary Astell, Timotheus of Miletus, and Miklós Radnóti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Mahasweta Devi ranks 164. Before her are Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, John G. Kemeny, Muhammad al-Badr, Richard Anderson, Judith Malina, and Anne McCaffrey. After her are Karel Kosík, Choi Eun-hee, Jambyn Batmönkh, Claudio Villa, Konstantin Feoktistov, and James Hillman. Among people deceased in 2016, Mahasweta Devi ranks 162. Before her are Nimr al-Nimr, Abe Vigoda, Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, Arthur Hiller, Roger Y. Tsien, and Ilse Aichinger. After her are Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, S. R. Nathan, Marc Riboud, Silvio Gazzaniga, Guido Westerwelle, and Lola Novaković.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Mahasweta Devi ranks 15 out of 57. Before her are Sri Chinmoy (1931), Zillur Rahman (1929), Ziaur Rahman (1936), Meghnad Saha (1893), Begum Rokeya (1880), and Anandamayi Ma (1896). After her are Mir Jafar (1691), Iajuddin Ahmed (1931), Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894), Surya Sen (1894), Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (1918), and S. D. Burman (1906).

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Among WRITERS In Bangladesh

Among writers born in Bangladesh, Mahasweta Devi ranks 3. Before her are Sri Chinmoy (1931) and Begum Rokeya (1880). After her are Taslima Nasrin (1962), Avijit Roy (1972), Mamunul Haque (1973), and Monica Ali (1967).

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