WRITER

Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

1908 - 1994

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Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (21 January 1908 – 5 July 1994), popularly referred to as the Beypore Sultan, was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature, a humanist and an Indian independence activist. He was a novelist and short story writer noted for his path-breaking, down-to-earth style of writing that made him equally popular among literary critics as well as the common man. His notable works include Balyakalasakhi, Shabdangal, Pathummayude Aadu, Ntuppuppakkoranendarnnu, Mathilukal, Janmadinam, Anargha Nimisham and the translations of his works into other languages have earned him worldwide acclaim. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honor of the Padma Shri in 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vaikom Muhammad Basheer is the 4,248th most popular writer (down from 3,325th in 2019), the 575th most popular biography from India (down from 422nd in 2019) and the 67th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer ranks 4,248 out of 7,302. Before him are Marilynne Robinson, James Krüss, Pyotr Vyazemsky, Radclyffe Hall, Natallia Arsiennieva, and Annemarie Selinko. After him are Osip Brik, Adrienne Clarkson, Josefina Pla, Ildefonso Falcones, Joachim Ringelnatz, and Mustai Karim.

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Among people born in 1908, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer ranks 240. Before him are Odette Bancilhon, Simonne Mathieu, František Kriegel, Lars-Erik Larsson, Francesco Camusso, and Roger Beaufrand. After him are Louis Hostin, George Pal, Kenji Miyamoto, Hugo Distler, Percy Faith, and Aleksander Ford. Among people deceased in 1994, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer ranks 212. Before him are Norman Read, Arnold Badjou, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Rozhdestvensky, Helena Rasiowa, and Anatoly Alexandrov. After him are Caroline Smith, Tom Ewell, Delio Rodríguez, Robert Jungk, Willem Jacob Luyten, and Vladimir Melanin.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer ranks 575 out of 1,861. Before him are Malik Kafur (1250), Arjun Appadurai (1949), B. V. Doshi (1927), Manorama (1937), Zinat-un-Nissa Begum (1643), and Ratna Pathak (1957). After him are Rambhadracharya (1950), Qurratulain Hyder (1927), Baselios Cleemis (1959), Bal Thackeray (1926), Nutan (1936), and Akshata Murty (1980).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer ranks 67. Before him are Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904), U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932), Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850), Arundhati Roy (1961), Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), and Surdas (1478). After him are Qurratulain Hyder (1927), Nagarjun (1911), Faizi (1547), Balamani Amma (1909), R. K. Narayan (1906), and Firaq Gorakhpuri (1896).

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