WRITER

Khushwant Singh

1915 - 2014

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Khushwant Singh FKC (born Khushal Singh, 2 February 1915 – 20 March 2014) was an Indian author, lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician. His experience in the 1947 Partition of India inspired him to write Train to Pakistan in 1956 (made into film in 1998), which became his most well-known novel. Born in Punjab, Khushwant Singh was educated in Modern School, New Delhi, St. Stephen's College, and graduated from Government College, Lahore. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Khushwant Singh is the 6,334th most popular writer (down from 5,985th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 99th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Pakistani Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Khushwant Singh ranks 6,334 out of 7,302Before him are Albert Maltz, China Miéville, Lascelles Abercrombie, Richard Wilbur, Leïla Slimani, and Gay Talese. After him are Alastair Reynolds, Malcolm Gladwell, Tsai Chih-chung, Ellen Glasgow, George Alec Effinger, and Ananda Devi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Khushwant Singh ranks 280Before him are Magda Gabor, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Dan Dailey, Ralph Bishop, Bill Williams, and Lona Andre. After him are George Perle, Malik Meraj Khalid, A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, Joseph Galibardy, Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, and Beyers Naudé. Among people deceased in 2014, Khushwant Singh ranks 499Before him are Dannie Abse, Dick Jones, John Seigenthaler, Nanda, Sahana Pradhan, and Tony Settember. After him are Scott Asheton, Yves Delacour, Andriy Husin, Bob Kenney, Leslie Feinberg, and Barbara Prammer.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Khushwant Singh ranks 128 out of 217Before him are Fawad Khan (1981), Khusrau Mirza (1587), Rab Butler (1902), Surinder Kaur (1929), Kamini Kaushal (1927), and Mulk Raj Anand (1905). After him are Balakh Sher Mazari (1928), Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902), Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (1958), Malik Meraj Khalid (1915), Salima Ikram (1965), and Mukhtar Mai (1972).

Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Khushwant Singh ranks 17Before him are Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), Bulleh Shah (1680), Bhisham Sahni (1915), Parveen Shakir (1952), Asma Barlas (1950), and Mulk Raj Anand (1905). After him are Hamid Mir (1966), Kamila Shamsie (1973), Mohsin Hamid (1971), Nadeem Aslam (1966), and Sabatina James (1982).