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Padma Sachdev

1940 - 2021

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Padma Sachdev (17 April 1940 – 4 August 2021) was an Indian poet and novelist. She was the first modern woman poet of the Dogri language. She also wrote in Hindi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Padma Sachdev has received more than 129,624 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Padma Sachdev is the 6,667th most popular writer (down from 4,596th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Where Has My Gulla Gone?
2003
A Handful of Sun and Other Poems
2001
Where Has My Gulla Gone?
2003
A Handful of Sun and Other Poems
2001

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Padma Sachdev ranks 6,667 out of 7,302. Before her are Édouard Louis, Joel Surnow, Thomas Brussig, Eugene Vodolazkin, Kevin Poulsen, and Mark Van Doren. After her are Walter Mosley, Muhsin al-Ramli, Tim Kring, Leonard Maltin, James Kelman, and Wladimir Kaminer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Padma Sachdev ranks 598. Before her are Peter Ryan, Ghulam Ali, Warren Cole, Stanley Hauerwas, Don LaFontaine, and Madam Auring. After her are Maxine Hong Kingston, Faimalaga Luka, Bharati Mukherjee, Craig Brown, Robert Pinsky, and Adam Faith. Among people deceased in 2021, Padma Sachdev ranks 663. Before her are Antony Sher, Mick Rock, David Khakhaleishvili, Pornsak Songsaeng, Lars-Göran Petrov, and Ruthie Tompson. After her are Sylvain Sylvain, John Konrads, Peter Scolari, Keshav Dutt, Storrs L. Olson, and Jackie Mason.

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