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WRITER

Ahmadou Kourouma

1927 - 2003

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Ahmadou Kourouma (24 November 1927 – 11 December 2003) was an Ivorian novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmadou Kourouma has received more than 79,269 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ahmadou Kourouma is the 3,152nd most popular writer (up from 3,270th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Côte d'Ivoire and the most popular Ivorian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 79k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ahmadou Kourouma ranks 3,152 out of 5,755Before him are Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Rose Ausländer, Abdurauf Fitrat, Martynas Mažvydas, Jean-Sifrein Maury, and René Barjavel. After him are C. S. Forester, Kafū Nagai, Léo Malet, Ford Madox Ford, Emma Lazarus, and Francišak Bahuševič.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Ahmadou Kourouma ranks 174Before him are Jack Cassidy, Bernard Fox, Oleg Yefremov, Romano Scarpa, Claudio Brook, and Martha Chase. After him are David Hedison, Lee Konitz, Sadako Ogata, Vladimir Kuts, Emmanuel III Delly, and Dany Robin. Among people deceased in 2003, Ahmadou Kourouma ranks 148Before him are Sam Phillips, Hope Lange, Lothar Emmerich, Lewis A. Coser, Martha Chase, and Karl Kling. After him are Rie Mastenbroek, Wilfred Thesiger, Benny Carter, Albert Batteux, Adam Osborne, and Saifuddin Azizi.

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In Côte d'Ivoire

Among people born in Côte d'Ivoire, Ahmadou Kourouma ranks 10 out of 119Before him are Laurent Gbagbo (1945), Alpha Blondy (1953), Charles Konan Banny (1942), Yaya Touré (1983), Henri Konan Bédié (1934), and Robert Guéï (1941). After him are Kolo Touré (1981), Salomon Kalou (1985), Daniel Kablan Duncan (1943), Isaach de Bankolé (1957), Basile Boli (1967), and Jean-Pierre Kutwa (1945).

Among WRITERS In Côte d'Ivoire

Among writers born in Côte d'Ivoire, Ahmadou Kourouma ranks 1After him are Marguerite Abouet (1971).