WRITER

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

1908 - 1994

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Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (21 January 1908 – 5 July 1994), popularly referred to as the Beypore Sultan, was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature, a humanist and an Indian independence activist. He was a novelist and short story writer noted for his path-breaking, down-to-earth style of writing that made him equally popular among literary critics as well as the common man. His notable works include Balyakalasakhi, Shabdangal, Pathummayude Aadu, Ntuppuppakkoranendarnnu, Mathilukal, Janmadinam, Anargha Nimisham and the translations of his works into other languages have earned him worldwide acclaim. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer has received more than 2,141,282 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Vaikom Muhammad Basheer is the 3,325th most popular writer (down from 2,786th in 2019), the 422nd most popular biography from India (down from 341st in 2019) and the 64th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer ranks 3,325 out of 7,302. Before him are Marcellus of Ancyra, Zofia Posmysz, Arnold Wesker, Robert McKee, Mirza Alakbar Sabir, and Shen Congwen. After him are Willem Frederik Hermans, Edvard Radzinsky, Buton Rinchen Drub, Longchenpa, Augusto Monterroso, and Olof von Dalin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer ranks 179. Before him are Jack Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Karl Hohmann, Héctor Trujillo, Edward R. Murrow, and Jorge Oteiza. After him are Alfons Rebane, Štefan Čambal, Pedro Arico Suárez, Thurgood Marshall, Boris Polevoy, and Ștefan Barbu. Among people deceased in 1994, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer ranks 164. Before him are Karel Kryl, Gary Kildall, Anatoly Alexandrov, Igor Chislenko, Oldřich Černík, and Nick Cravat. After him are Bassel al-Assad, Mildred Natwick, Rossano Brazzi, John Osborne, Madeleine Renaud, and Abdullah al-Sallal.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer ranks 422 out of 1,861. Before him are Ashapurna Devi (1909), Prince Vijaya (-543), Jagat Gosain (1573), Sam Manekshaw (1914), Jai Singh II (1688), and Ibn Warraq (1946). After him are Satya Nadella (1967), Hemu (1501), Guru Har Rai (1630), Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850), and M. F. Husain (1915).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer ranks 64. Before him are Shibli Nomani (1857), Suryakant Tripathi (1899), R. K. Narayan (1906), Idries Shah (1924), Ashapurna Devi (1909), and Ibn Warraq (1946). After him are Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850), Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904), Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894), Altaf Hussain Hali (1837), and Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897).

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