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Toru Dutt

1856 - 1877

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Tarulatta Datta, popularly known as Toru Dutt (Bengali: তরু দত্ত; 4 March 1856 – 30 August 1877) was an Indian Bengali poet and translator from British India, who wrote in English and French. She is among the founding figures of Indo-Anglian literature, alongside Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809–1831), Manmohan Ghose (1869–1924), and Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949). She is known for her volumes of poetry in English, Sita, A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields (1876) and Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan (1882), and for a novel in French, Le Journal de Mademoiselle d'Arvers (1879). Her poems explore themes of loneliness, longing, patriotism and nostalgia. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Toru Dutt is the 6,737th most popular writer (up from 6,855th in 2019), the 1,097th most popular biography from India (up from 1,104th in 2019) and the 128th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Toru Dutt ranks 6,737 out of 7,302. Before her are George Etherege, Audrey Niffenegger, Alexandre Jardin, Rubén Gallego, Miro Gavran, and Edward Thomas. After her are Nicholas Monsarrat, Màrius Serra, Christopher Moore, James Merrill, Durs Grünbein, and Elena Chizhova.

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Among people born in 1856, Toru Dutt ranks 130. Before her are Jens Bratlie, Colin Campbell Cooper, Louis-Gustave Binger, Granville Woods, Tom Roberts, and Frank Harris. After her is John Redmond. Among people deceased in 1877, Toru Dutt ranks 69. Before her are Filippo Parlatore, Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Ramón Cabrera, 1st Duke of Maestrazgo, Karl Ludwig Littrow, Elizabeth F. Ellet, and Caroline Norton.

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In India

Among people born in India, Toru Dutt ranks 1,097 out of 1,861. Before her are K. Balachander (1930), Shobhna Samarth (1916), Narendra Dabholkar (1945), P. A. Sangma (1947), Bombayla Devi Laishram (1985), and Manohar Parrikar (1955). After her are Ruby Myers (1907), AR Murugadoss (1974), Lakshmi (1952), Bipasha Basu (1979), Bobby Deol (1969), and Prateik Babbar (1986).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Toru Dutt ranks 128. Before her are Sahir Ludhianvi (1921), Ravindra Kelekar (1925), Nambi Narayanan (1941), Kaifi Azmi (1919), Nayantara Sahgal (1927), and Geetanjali Shree (1957). After her are Rahat Indori (1950), Kiran Desai (1971), Rupi Kaur (1992), Raja Rao (1908), Aravind Adiga (1974), and Urvashi Butalia (1952).

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