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WRITER

Shrilal Shukla

1925 - 2011

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Shrilal Shukla (31 December 1925 – 28 October 2011) was a Hindi writer, notable for his satire. He worked as a PCS officer for the state government of Uttar Pradesh, later inducted into the IAS. He has written over 25 books, including Raag Darbari, Makaan, Sooni Ghaati Ka Sooraj, Pehla Padaav and Bisrampur Ka Sant. Shukla has highlighted the falling moral values in the Indian society in the post independence era through his novels. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shrilal Shukla has received more than 80,954 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Shrilal Shukla is the 4,788th most popular writer, the 551st most popular biography from India and the 85th most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 16

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  • 2.65

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shrilal Shukla ranks 4,788 out of 5,755Before him are David E. Kelley, Jakob van Hoddis, Françoise Mallet-Joris, John Varley, Kiki Dimoula, and Robert Greene. After him are Eugene Znosko-Borovsky, Constantin von Wurzbach, Alexis, Vikenty Veresaev, Edward Carpenter, and Jean Vautrin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Shrilal Shukla ranks 346Before him are Gustav Winckler, Art Buchwald, John Baptist Wu, Bruce Kirby, Mary F. Lyon, and Vladimir Shainsky. After him are Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas, Joseph Engelberger, Georg Buschner, Benito Lorenzi, Angelo Conterno, and Anne-Marie Colchen. Among people deceased in 2011, Shrilal Shukla ranks 297Before him are Thorbjørn Svenssen, James L. Elliot, Frances Bay, Mario Echandi Jiménez, Ferenc Szojka, and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai. After him are Leonid Abalkin, Ilmar Kullam, Ken Olsen, Grete Waitz, Milton Babbitt, and Juan Tuñas.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shrilal Shukla ranks 551 out of 1,493Before him are Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897), Abhijit Banerjee (1961), K. D. Jadhav (1926), Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878), Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924), and Launceston Elliot (1874). After him are Devika Rani (1908), Asaf-ud-Daula (1748), Raghunath Murmu (1905), Vijay Mallya (1955), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775), and K. B. Hedgewar (1889).

Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Shrilal Shukla ranks 85Before him are Jayakanthan (1934), Kedarnath Singh (1934), Balamani Amma (1909), Qurratulain Hyder (1927), Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), and Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897). After him are Raghunath Murmu (1905), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775), Ravindra Kelekar (1925), Cornelia Sorabji (1866), Amitav Ghosh (1956), and Anita Desai (1937).