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WRITER

Ahmad Shamlou

1925 - 2000

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Ahmad Shamlou (Persian: احمد شاملو, Ahmad Šāmlū Persian pronunciation: [æhˈmæd(-e) ʃɒːmˈluː], also known under his pen name A. Bamdad (Persian: ا. بامداد)) (December 12, 1925 – July 23, 2000) was an Iranian poet, writer, and journalist. Shamlou was arguably the most influential poet of modern Iran. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmad Shamlou has received more than 167,199 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Ahmad Shamlou is the 2,318th most popular writer (down from 2,200th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Iran (down from 200th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Iranian Writer.

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  • 170k

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  • 54.01

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ahmad Shamlou ranks 2,318 out of 5,755Before him are Johann Nestroy, Li Shangyin, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Johann Froben, Terentianus, and Jacob Cats. After him are Berthold Auerbach, Alexandra Ripley, Andrei Sinyavsky, Henrik Wergeland, Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, and Laura Esquivel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Ahmad Shamlou ranks 151Before him are Rabah Bitat, Jean Raspail, Roger Hanin, Shigeko Higashikuni, Silvana Pampanini, and Johnny Carson. After him are Olof Thunberg, Andrei Sinyavsky, Louison Bobet, Alexei Tupolev, Quett Masire, and Luis Molowny. Among people deceased in 2000, Ahmad Shamlou ranks 94Before him are Andy Hug, Baden Powell, Terence McKenna, Claude Autant-Lara, Yehuda Amichai, and Screamin' Jay Hawkins. After him are Claire Trevor, Ursula Kuczynski, José Águas, FM-2030, Yevgeny Khrunov, and Gisèle Freund.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ahmad Shamlou ranks 216 out of 528Before him are Nima Yooshij (1897), Jafar Panahi (1960), Ibn Khuzayma (838), Gotarzes I (-200), Amir Kabir (1807), and Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135). After him are Ibn al-Faqih (null), Asghar Farhadi (1972), Aga Khan I (1800), Shaul Mofaz (1948), Mohsen Fakhrizadeh (1958), and Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Ahmad Shamlou ranks 25Before him are Baba Tahir (947), Daqiqi (1000), Hamdallah Mustawfi (1281), Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125), Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906), and Nima Yooshij (1897). After him are Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani (967), Parvin E'tesami (1907), Abolqasem Lahouti (1887), Cassandra Clare (1973), Asadi Tusi (999), and Ubayd Zakani (1301).