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Nalini Bala Devi

1898 - 1977

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Nalini Bala Devi (23 March 1898– 24 December 1977) was an Indian writer and poet of Assamese literature, known for nationalistic as well as mystical poetry. She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1957 for her contribution to literature, and 1968 she won the Sahitya Akademi Award given by Sahitya Akademi (India's National Academy of Letters) for her poetry collection Alakananda. She is the first woman Assamese poet to be awarded with Padma Shri and the first lady to the chair the Assam Sahitya Sabha. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nalini Bala Devi is the 6,081st most popular writer (down from 5,258th in 2019), the 859th most popular biography from India (down from 669th in 2019) and the 109th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nalini Bala Devi ranks 6,081 out of 7,302. Before her are Antonín Sova, Manuel Rojas, David Simon, Hugh Blair, Waleed Al-Husseini, and Sigitas Geda. After her are Mikhail Svetlov, Wallace Stegner, Ralph Giordano, Karin Slaughter, José Burgos, and James Dickey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Nalini Bala Devi ranks 289. Before her are Norman Z. McLeod, Elemér Somfay, Robert Keith, Ferreira de Castro, Clarence Walker, and Gertrude Lawrence. After her are Chesty Puller, Lucy Morton, Lee Garmes, Albert Kivikas, Bedřich Šupčík, and Humberto Tomasina. Among people deceased in 1977, Nalini Bala Devi ranks 255. Before her are Adalbert Püllöck, Harald Strøm, Mary Ford, Jean Capelle, José Naya, and Florence Vidor. After her are Johannes Terwogt, Terence Rattigan, Carroll Quigley, Jean Delarge, Ricardo Cortez, and Paulo d'Eça Leal.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nalini Bala Devi ranks 859 out of 1,861. Before her are Rakesh Roshan (1949), R. H. Tawney (1880), Saroo Brierley (1981), Baji Rao II (1775), Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872), and Jaipal Singh Munda (1903). After her are George Caridia (1869), Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918), George Fernandes (1930), Soumitra Chatterjee (1935), Simon Pimenta (1920), and Neerja Bhanot (1963).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Nalini Bala Devi ranks 109. Before her are Cornelia Sorabji (1866), Roshanara Begum (1617), Ismat Chughtai (1915), Fareed Zakaria (1964), Saroo Brierley (1981), and Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872). After her are Javed Akhtar (1945), Gurdial Singh (1933), Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944), Ali Sardar Jafri (1913), Sarojini Sahoo (1956), and Shrilal Shukla (1925).

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