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Ismat Chughtai

1915 - 1991

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Ismat Chughtai (21 August 1911 – 24 October 1991) was an Indian Urdu novelist, short story writer, liberal humanist and filmmaker. Beginning in the 1930s, she wrote extensively on themes including female sexuality and femininity, middle-class gentility, and class conflict, often from a Marxist perspective. With a style characterised by literary realism, Chughtai established herself as a significant voice in the Urdu literature of the twentieth century, and in 1976 was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ismat Chughtai is the 5,931st most popular writer (down from 5,157th in 2019), the 831st most popular biography from India (down from 655th in 2019) and the 105th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Ismat Chughtai ranks 5,931 out of 7,302. Before her are José Jiménez Lozano, Fredrik Backman, David S. Goyer, Zoltán Ambrus, Kristina Brenk, and Conrad Aiken. After her are Paulina Chiziane, Sarah Waters, Archibald MacLeish, Michael Drayton, Marc Connelly, and Giorgio Faletti.

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Among people born in 1915, Ismat Chughtai ranks 254. Before her are Patricia Morison, Signe Hasso, Simo Puupponen, John Dobson, Georgy Tovstonogov, and Bhisham Sahni. After her are Humphrey Searle, Earl Wild, Hanka Bielicka, Jean Parker, Jaroslav Volak, and Claudia Testoni. Among people deceased in 1991, Ismat Chughtai ranks 235. Before her are John Russell, Pat O'Callaghan, Forrest Towns, Steve Clark, Gordon Pirie, and Aline MacMahon. After her are Eleanor Boardman, Antoine Blondin, József Pálinkás, Carl Shy, Howard Ashman, and Tom Tryon.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ismat Chughtai ranks 831 out of 1,861. Before her are Madan Lal Dhingra (1883), Salil Chowdhury (1925), Sherlyn Chopra (1984), Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), Jaaved Jaaferi (1963), and Padmini (1932). After her are Parveen Sultana (1950), Renuka Chowdhury (1954), Veerappan (1952), Vijay Amritraj (1953), Peter Sarstedt (1941), and Roopa Ganguly (1966).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Ismat Chughtai ranks 105. Before her are Varsha Adalja (1940), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775), Nirmal Verma (1929), Anita Desai (1937), Cornelia Sorabji (1866), and Roshanara Begum (1617). After her are Fareed Zakaria (1964), Saroo Brierley (1981), Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872), Nalini Bala Devi (1898), Javed Akhtar (1945), and Gurdial Singh (1933).

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