WRITER

Balamani Amma

1909 - 2004

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Nalapat Balamani Amma (19 July 1909 – 29 September 2004) was an Indian poet who wrote in Malayalam. Amma (Mother), Muthassi (Grandmother), and Mazhuvinte Katha (The story of the Axe) are some of her well-known works. She was a recipient of many awards and honours, including the Padma Bhushan, Saraswati Samman, Sahitya Akademi Award, and Ezhuthachan Award. She was the mother of writer Kamala Das, also known as Madhavikutty. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Balamani Amma is the 4,423rd most popular writer (down from 4,319th in 2019), the 592nd most popular biography from India (down from 538th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Balamani Amma ranks 4,423 out of 7,302. Before her are Mario Rigoni Stern, Uma Aaltonen, Anita Brookner, Ágnes Gergely, Diane Ackerman, and Virginie Despentes. After her are James Salter, Connie Willis, Kim Myeong-sun, Lajos Kassák, Richard Steele, and Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Balamani Amma ranks 262. Before her are Gheorghe Albu, Claude Chevalley, Song Renqiong, Estella Agsteribbe, Arthur Machado, and Juan Carreño. After her are David Murray, Adam Rapacki, Eugenio Garin, Arthur Jonath, Jaime Lazcano, and Luiz Luz. Among people deceased in 2004, Balamani Amma ranks 202. Before her are Bagrat Shinkuba, Eddie Adams, Claude Nougaro, Shirley Strickland, Rodney Dangerfield, and Hasse Ekman. After her are Neil Campbell, Eugenio Garin, Barney Kessel, Klara Rumyanova, Fernando Poe Jr., and Mikhail Voronin.

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In India

Among people born in India, Balamani Amma ranks 592 out of 1,861. Before her are Disha Patani (1992), Nitish Kumar (1951), Nagarjun (1911), Sukhdev Thapar (1907), Christian Zacharias (1950), and Faizi (1547). After her are Irom Chanu Sharmila (1972), Saalumarada Thimmakka (1911), Shabana Azmi (1950), Jeannette Altwegg (1930), Amarinder Singh (1942), and Antony Padiyara (1921).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Balamani Amma ranks 71. Before her are Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), Surdas (1478), Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908), Qurratulain Hyder (1927), Nagarjun (1911), and Faizi (1547). After her are R. K. Narayan (1906), Firaq Gorakhpuri (1896), Krishan Chander (1914), Bhalchandra Nemade (1938), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), and Pratibha Ray (1944).

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