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WRITER

Nirmal Verma

1929 - 2005

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Nirmal Verma (3 April 1929 – 25 October 2005) was a Hindi writer, novelist, activist and translator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nirmal Verma has received more than 253,780 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Nirmal Verma is the 3,899th most popular writer (up from 4,717th in 2019), the 451st most popular biography from India (up from 546th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nirmal Verma ranks 3,899 out of 5,755. Before him are Ida B. Wells, Louis Adamic, Josef Kajetán Tyl, Frédéric Dard, Mona Simpson, and Susanna Hall. After him are Ferdinand Freiligrath, Mahadev Desai, Francisco Balagtas, Thaddeus Bulgarin, Johann Most, and Paavo Haavikko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Nirmal Verma ranks 283. Before him are Dominique Fernandez, Moses Gunn, Burhan Sargun, Maarten Schmidt, Nicolas Bouvier, and Mithat Bayrak. After him are Kiki Håkansson, Dorothee Sölle, Gerry Anderson, Tomislav Crnković, Adalet Ağaoğlu, and Petr Eben. Among people deceased in 2005, Nirmal Verma ranks 179. Before him are Mustai Karim, Martin Lings, Françoise d'Eaubonne, Devan Nair, Barrington Moore Jr., and Vladimir Kotelnikov. After him are John Love, William Rehnquist, Saunders Mac Lane, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Luther Vandross, and Juan José Saer.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nirmal Verma ranks 451 out of 1,493. Before him are Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), Yashpal (1903), Shammi Kapoor (1931), Rekha (1954), Derek Prince (1915), and Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888). After him are Mahadev Desai (1892), Birju Maharaj (1937), Saint Alphonsa (1910), Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), Jagat Gosain (1573), and Venkaiah Naidu (1949).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Nirmal Verma ranks 72. Before him are Altaf Hussain Hali (1837), Krishan Chander (1914), Nagarjun (1911), Arundhati Roy (1961), Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), and Yashpal (1903). After him are Mahadev Desai (1892), Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Kamini Roy (1864), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), and Kamala Surayya (1934).

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