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A. B. Yehoshua

1936 - 2022

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Avraham Gabriel Yehoshua (Hebrew: אברהם גבריאל (בולי) יהושע; December 9, 1936 – June 14, 2022) was an Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright. The New York Times called him the "Israeli Faulkner". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of A. B. Yehoshua has received more than 172,260 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). A. B. Yehoshua is the 1,909th most popular writer (down from 1,762nd in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Israel (down from 150th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Israeli Writer.

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  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, A. B. Yehoshua ranks 1,909 out of 5,755. Before him are Al-Hariri of Basra, Jonas Lie, Maria Konopnicka, Sister Nivedita, Denis Fonvizin, and Ahmad ibn Arabshah. After him are Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, Edmond Jabès, Vita Sackville-West, Dora d'Istria, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, A. B. Yehoshua ranks 134. Before him are Horst Mahler, Jan Gehl, Eugenio Barba, Louis Gossett Jr., Zeynab Khanlarova, and Robert Downey Sr.. After him are Julio María Sanguinetti, Jacques Charrier, Ken Mattingly, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Arend Lijphart, and Klaus Kinkel. Among people deceased in 2022, A. B. Yehoshua ranks 119. Before him are Fred Ward, Nick Holonyak, Evaristo Carvalho, Hermann Nitsch, Joseph Kittinger, and Paula Rego. After him are Paul Sorvino, Ian McDonald, Michel Bouquet, Olavo de Carvalho, Eduard Kukan, and Leonel Sánchez.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, A. B. Yehoshua ranks 159 out of 430. Before him are Lusius Quietus (100), Aristobulus II (null), Benny Gantz (1959), Yaacov Agam (1928), Wadie Haddad (1927), and Chaim Topol (1935). After him are Ibzan (null), Dani Karavan (1930), Amos Tversky (1937), Dana International (1969), Rafi Eitan (1926), and Dirk III, Count of Holland (982).

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Among WRITERS In Israel

Among writers born in Israel, A. B. Yehoshua ranks 7. Before him are John the Evangelist (10), Amos Oz (1939), Edward Said (1935), Mahmoud Darwish (1941), David Grossman (1954), and Ghassan Kanafani (1936). After him are Justus of Tiberias (35), May Ziade (1886), Ahron Daum (1951), Emile Habibi (1922), Meir Shalev (1948), and Leigh Bardugo (1975).

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