# Kalki Krishnamurthy

> Ramasamy Krishnamurthy, better known by his pen name Kalki, was an Indian writer, journalist, poet, critic and Indian independence activist who wrote in Tamil. He chose the pen-name "Kalki", the future incarnation of the Hindu God Vishnu. He founded a magazine, which was also named Kalki, with T Sadasivam being the co-founder, in 1941. Krishnamurthy‘s writings include over 120 short stories, 10 novellas, 5 novels, 3 historical romances, editorial and political writings and hundreds of film and music reviews.

*Indian writer, journalist, freedom fighter and Tamil novelist (1899-1954)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1899-09-09
- **Died:** 1954-12-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 19.5 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 10.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [Kalki (Autor)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalki_(Autor))
- [Kalki Krishnamurthy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalki_Krishnamurthy)
- [Kalki Krishnamurthy](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalki_Krishnamurthy)
- [कल्कि कृष्णमूर्ति](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF)
- [ആർ. കൃഷ്ണമൂർത്തി](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%86%E0%B5%BC._%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%83%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%82%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF)
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- [Kalki Krishnamurthy](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalki_Krishnamurthy)
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- [கல்கி (எழுத்தாளர்)](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF_(%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D))
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- [Wikiquote](https://as.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A7%B0_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%82%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1380058)

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