WRITER

Mulk Raj Anand

1905 - 2004

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Mulk Raj Anand (12 December 1905 – 28 September 2004) was an Indian writer in English, recognised for his depiction of the lives of the poorer class in the traditional Indian society. One of the pioneers of Indo-Anglian fiction, he, together with R. K. Narayan, Ahmad Ali and Raja Rao, was one of the first India-based writers in English to gain an International readership. Anand is admired for his novels and short stories, which have acquired the status of classics of modern Indian English literature; they are noted for their perceptive insight into the lives of the oppressed and for their analysis of impoverishment, exploitation and misfortune. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mulk Raj Anand has received more than 1,755,731 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Mulk Raj Anand is the 5,748th most popular writer (down from 5,533rd in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 87th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Pakistani Writer.

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.50

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  • 5.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mulk Raj Anand ranks 5,748 out of 7,302. Before him are Ann Rule, Ivan Tavčar, Mateja Matevski, Miguel Mihura, Gerrit Achterberg, and Dina Rubina. After him are Margaret Mahy, Thomas Brezina, Gianni Celati, Gardner Dozois, Memnon of Heraclea, and C. L. R. James.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Mulk Raj Anand ranks 332. Before him are Sheikh Abdullah, Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, Dragutin Tadijanović, T. Keith Glennan, Miguel Mihura, and Gerrit Achterberg. After him are Raúl Fernández, Sam Zimbalist, José Nehin, Jules Pappaert, René Lemoine, and Jack Teagarden. Among people deceased in 2004, Mulk Raj Anand ranks 268. Before him are Bill Nicholson, Sylvi Saimo, Guinn Smith, Carl Anderson, Raja Ramanna, and Jean Graczyk. After him are Alexey Korneyev, Iris Chang, Heinrich Mark, Frances Dee, Emlyn Hughes, and Lennart Strand.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Mulk Raj Anand ranks 95 out of 217. Before him are Muhammad Khan Junejo (1932), Margaret Lockwood (1916), Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (1950), J. B. Kripalani (1888), Sadhana Shivdasani (1941), and Prem Chopra (1935). After him are Shujaat Hussain (1946), Mirza Masroor Ahmad (1950), Ram Jethmalani (1923), Khushwant Singh (1915), Asma Jahangir (1952), and Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Mulk Raj Anand ranks 13. Before him are Krishna Sobti (1925), Tariq Ali (1943), Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911), Sultan Bahu (1630), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), and Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690). After him are Khushwant Singh (1915), Asma Barlas (1950), Bhisham Sahni (1915), Parveen Shakir (1952), Hamid Mir (1966), and Kamila Shamsie (1973).

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