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Nagarjun

1911 - 1998

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Vaidyanath Mishra (30 June 1911 – 5 November 1998), better known by his pen name Nagarjun, was a Hindi and Maithili poet who has also penned a number of novels, short stories, literary biographies and travelogues, and was known as Janakavi- the People's Poet. He is regarded as the most prominent protagonist of modernity in Maithili. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nagarjun is the 4,390th most popular writer (down from 3,666th in 2019), the 588th most popular biography from India (down from 458th in 2019) and the 69th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nagarjun ranks 4,390 out of 7,302. Before him are Florian Ceynowa, René Depestre, Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Felisberto Hernández, and Mirza Alakbar Sabir. After him are Michel-Jean Sedaine, Virginie Ancelot, Milena Rudnytska, Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Otar Chiladze, and Pierre Pithou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Nagarjun ranks 228. Before him are Willem Johan Kolff, Annibale Frossi, István Bibó, Szilárd Bogdánffy, Reidar Andersen, and José Augusto Brandão. After him are Luís Mesquita de Oliveira, Hédi Amara Nouira, Bel Kaufman, Masayuki Mori, Reg Parnell, and Saalumarada Thimmakka. Among people deceased in 1998, Nagarjun ranks 202. Before him are Johannes Kotkas, Wanda Jakubowska, Théodore Sindikubwabo, Kvitka Cisyk, Norberto Méndez, and Nicolas Bouvier. After him are Gloria Fuertes, Duncan McNaughton, Galina Starovoytova, Jean Shiley, Gunnar Jansson, and Lilí Álvarez.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nagarjun ranks 588 out of 1,861. Before him are Pooja Hegde (1990), Devi Shetty (1953), Erick Avari (1952), Udupi Ramachandra Rao (1932), Disha Patani (1992), and Nitish Kumar (1951). After him are Sukhdev Thapar (1907), Christian Zacharias (1950), Faizi (1547), Balamani Amma (1909), Irom Chanu Sharmila (1972), and Saalumarada Thimmakka (1911).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Nagarjun ranks 69. Before him are Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850), Arundhati Roy (1961), Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), Surdas (1478), Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908), and Qurratulain Hyder (1927). After him are Faizi (1547), Balamani Amma (1909), R. K. Narayan (1906), Firaq Gorakhpuri (1896), Krishan Chander (1914), and Bhalchandra Nemade (1938).

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