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Amrita Pritam

1919 - 2005

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Amrita Pritam ([əm.mɾɪt̪ɑː pɾiːt̪əm] ; 31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian novelist, essayist and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindi. A prominent figure in Punjabi literature, she is the recipient of the 1956 Sahitya Akademi Award. Her body of work comprised over 100 books of poetry, fiction, biographies, essays, a collection of Punjabi folk songs and an autobiography that were all translated into several Indian and foreign languages. Pritam is best remembered for her poignant poem, Ajj aakhaan Waris Shah nu (Today I invoke Waris Shah – "Ode to Waris Shah"), an elegy to the 18th-century Punjabi poet, and an expression of her anguish over massacres during the partition of British India. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amrita Pritam is the 2,159th most popular writer (down from 2,156th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 35th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Pakistani Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Amrita Pritam ranks 2,159 out of 7,302. Before her are Yevgenia Ginzburg, Miguel Delibes, Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Germaine Greer, Étienne Jodelle, and Yvan Goll. After her are Sankardev, Luigi Pulci, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Li Shangyin, Saki, and Erich Mühsam.

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Among people born in 1919, Amrita Pritam ranks 101. Before her are Janko Bobetko, Mario Bunge, Ernst Barkmann, Mad Mike Hoare, Raymond Smullyan, and Tomáš Špidlík. After her are Rie Mastenbroek, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Pierre Gamarra, Ahmed Abdallah, Ferdinand Kübler, and J. Presper Eckert. Among people deceased in 2005, Amrita Pritam ranks 90. Before her are Ghena Dimitrova, Simone Simon, Amrish Puri, Andre Gunder Frank, Erich Topp, and Vasco Gonçalves. After her are Alberto Lattuada, John Mills, Vincent Gigante, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, John DeLorean, and Johnny Carson.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Amrita Pritam ranks 48 out of 217. Before her are Hafiz Saeed (1950), Raja Dahir (663), Gulzarilal Nanda (1898), Babita (1947), Naropa (1016), and Malik Ghulam Muhammad (1895). After her are Khema (-550), Krishna Sobti (1925), Ghulam Ishaq Khan (1915), Shujaat Hussain (1946), Yahya Khan (1914), and Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (1951).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Amrita Pritam ranks 4. Before her are Muhammad Iqbal (1877), Vasubandhu (400), and Khushal Khattak (1613). After her are Krishna Sobti (1925), Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690), Rahman Baba (1632), Tariq Ali (1943), Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911), Sultan Bahu (1630), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), and Bulleh Shah (1680).

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