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Pratibha Ray

1944 - Today

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Pratibha Ray (born 21 January 1944) is an Indian academic and writer of Odia-language novels and stories. For her contribution to the Indian literature, Ray received the Jnanpith Award in 2011. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pratibha Ray is the 4,820th most popular writer (up from 5,018th in 2019), the 649th most popular biography from India (down from 636th in 2019) and the 77th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pratibha Ray ranks 4,820 out of 7,302Before her are Marie Hankel, Gáspár Heltai, William of Poitiers, Arkady Fiedler, Gilles Perrault, and Jorge de Montemor. After her are Jonathan Carroll, Vitaliano Brancati, Shin Kyung-sook, Jakob Abbadie, Valentin Conrart, and Mamoni Raisom Goswami.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Pratibha Ray ranks 491Before her are Willy Planckaert, Dennis Russell Davies, Víctor Espárrago, Haruhiko Kuroda, Michel Maffesoli, and Dale Dye. After her are Andrew Davis, Sandra Bem, Isao Okano, Caleb Deschanel, Kenneth Cranham, and Alzhan Zharmukhamedov.

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In India

Among people born in India, Pratibha Ray ranks 649 out of 1,861Before her are Derek Prince (1915), Kajal Aggarwal (1985), Kamal Ranadive (1917), Shyam Benegal (1934), V. N. Janaki (1923), and Sadashiv Amrapurkar (1950). After her are Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890), K. D. Jadhav (1926), Shriram Lagoo (1927), Kiran Bedi (1949), and Kamala Surayya (1934).

Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Pratibha Ray ranks 77Before her are Balamani Amma (1909), R. K. Narayan (1906), Firaq Gorakhpuri (1896), Krishan Chander (1914), Bhalchandra Nemade (1938), and Saadat Hasan Manto (1912). After her are Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890), Kamala Surayya (1934), Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886), Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911), and Dharamvir Bharati (1926).