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Surdas

1478 - 1583

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Surdas was a 16th-century blind Hindu devotional poet and singer, who was known for his works written in praise of Krishna. His compositions captured his devotion towards Krishna. Most of his poems were written in the Braj language, while some were also written in other dialects of medieval Hindi, like Awadhi. Sūrdās's biography is most often told through the lens of the Vallabha Sampradāya aka the Puṣṭimārga. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Surdas is the 4,118th most popular writer (down from 1,912th in 2019), the 556th most popular biography from India (down from 243rd in 2019) and the 66th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Surdas ranks 4,118 out of 7,302. Before her are Antun Gustav Matoš, Giovanni Arpino, Franz von Schober, Carmen de Burgos, Kostandin Kristoforidhi, and Samo Chalupka. After her are Mário Pinto de Andrade, Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Bragi Boddason, Gabriela Adameșteanu, Princess Delphine of Belgium, and Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1478, Surdas ranks 20. Before her are Gian Giorgio Trissino, Louis V, Elector Palatine, Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Wolfgang Capito, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, and Konrad Pellikan. After her is Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón. Among people deceased in 1583, Surdas ranks 19. Before her are Ivan Fyodorov, Jacques Pelletier du Mans, Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels, Thomas Erastus, Humphrey Gilbert, and Zacharias Ursinus.

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In India

Among people born in India, Surdas ranks 556 out of 1,861. Before her are Jasraj (1930), Jagjivan Ram (1908), Rekha (1954), Anupam Kher (1955), Supriya Pathak (1961), and Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893). After her are Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), MS Dhoni (1981), Meena Kumari (1933), Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805), Shiva Rajkumar (1961), and Shammi Kapoor (1931).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Surdas ranks 66. Before her are Cerverí de Girona (1259), Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904), U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932), Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850), Arundhati Roy (1961), and Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898). After her are Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908), Qurratulain Hyder (1927), Nagarjun (1911), Faizi (1547), Balamani Amma (1909), and R. K. Narayan (1906).

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