WRITER

Abdellah Taïa

1973 - Today

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Abdellah Taïa (Arabic: عبد الله الطايع; born 1973) is a Moroccan writer and filmmaker who writes in the French language and has been based in Paris since 1999. He has published nine novels, many of them heavily autobiographical. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdellah Taïa has received more than 112,213 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Abdellah Taïa is the 6,773rd most popular writer (down from 6,171st in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from Morocco (down from 153rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Moroccan Writer.

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  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abdellah Taïa ranks 6,773 out of 7,302. Before him are Miro Gavran, Michael Davitt, Leena Lehtolainen, Charley Boorman, Ed Greenwood, and Nina Bawden. After him are Carol Ann Duffy, Claire Keegan, Maja Lunde, Stevie Smith, Claudio Rodriguez Fer, and Katharine Lee Bates.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Abdellah Taïa ranks 537. Before him are Albert Portas, Sven Vermant, Nikolai Khabibulin, Eri Fukatsu, DQ, and Martin Hiden. After him are Karim Alami, Simon Kinberg, Akhilesh Yadav, Hamlet Mkhitaryan, Thomas Myhre, and Takis Fyssas.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Abdellah Taïa ranks 197 out of 264. Before him are Rachid Azzouzi (1971), Nacer Abdellah (1966), Mohammed Achik (1965), Ahmed Bahja (1970), Oussama Assaidi (1988), and Abdelilah Saber (1974). After him are Karim Alami (1973), Hicham Arazi (1973), Mounir Fatmi (1970), Azzedine Ounahi (2000), Rashid Ramzi (1980), and Soufiane El Bakkali (1996).

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Among WRITERS In Morocco

Among writers born in Morocco, Abdellah Taïa ranks 13. Before him are Ahmed Rami (1946), Eva Illouz (1961), Malika Oufkir (1953), Muriel Barbery (1969), Katherine Pancol (1954), and Leïla Slimani (1981). After him are Laila Lalami (1968).

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