WRITER

Mamoni Raisom Goswami

1942 - 2011

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Indira Goswami (14 November 1942 – 29 November 2011), known by her pen name Mamoni Raisom Goswami and popularly as Mamoni Baideo, was an Indian writer, poet, professor, scholar and editor. She was the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1983), the Jnanpith Award (2000) and Principal Prince Claus Laureate (2008). A celebrated writer of contemporary Indian literature, many of her works have been translated into English from her native Assamese which include The Moth-Eaten Howdah of the Tusker, Pages Stained With Blood and The Man from Chinnamasta. She was also well known for her attempts to structure social change, both through her writings and through her role as mediator between the armed militant group United Liberation Front of Asom and the Government of India. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mamoni Raisom Goswami is the 4,826th most popular writer (down from 4,713th in 2019), the 650th most popular biography from India (down from 592nd in 2019) and the 78th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Mamoni Raisom Goswami ranks 4,826 out of 7,302. Before her are Pratibha Ray, Jonathan Carroll, Vitaliano Brancati, Shin Kyung-sook, Jakob Abbadie, and Valentin Conrart. After her are Göran Tunström, Taylor Caldwell, Paula Fox, C. L. Moore, Sidney Howard, and Horst Bienek.

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Among people born in 1942, Mamoni Raisom Goswami ranks 448. Before her are Kazimierz Barburski, Werner Teske, Ingrid Becker, Rildo da Costa Menezes, Paul Butterfield, and Terry Melcher. After her are Richard O'Brien, Driss Bamous, Vladimir Yermoshin, Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Terenci Moix, and Dan Graham. Among people deceased in 2011, Mamoni Raisom Goswami ranks 301. Before her are Sakyo Komatsu, Clemar Bucci, Nusrat Bhutto, Vittorio De Seta, Ilmar Kullam, and Aleksandar Petaković. After her are Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Charles Jarrott, Amparo Muñoz, Hans Kalt, Marie Ljalková, and Waldemar Baszanowski.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mamoni Raisom Goswami ranks 650 out of 1,861. Before her are Kajal Aggarwal (1985), Kamal Ranadive (1917), Shyam Benegal (1934), V. N. Janaki (1923), Sadashiv Amrapurkar (1950), and Pratibha Ray (1944). After her are Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890), K. D. Jadhav (1926), Shriram Lagoo (1927), Kiran Bedi (1949), Kamala Surayya (1934), and Manna Dey (1919).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Mamoni Raisom Goswami ranks 78. Before her are R. K. Narayan (1906), Firaq Gorakhpuri (1896), Krishan Chander (1914), Bhalchandra Nemade (1938), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), and Pratibha Ray (1944). After her are Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890), Kamala Surayya (1934), Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886), Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), and Ashapurna Devi (1909).

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