WRITER

Azar Nafisi

1955 - Today

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Azar Nafisi (Persian: آذر نفیسی; born 1948) is an Iranian-American writer and professor of English literature. Born in Tehran, Iran, she has resided in the United States since 1997 and became a U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Azar Nafisi has received more than 271,965 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Azar Nafisi is the 3,333rd most popular writer (up from 5,148th in 2019), the 308th most popular biography from Iran (up from 351st in 2019) and the 41st most popular Iranian Writer.

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  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Azar Nafisi ranks 3,333 out of 7,302. Before her are Willem Frederik Hermans, Edvard Radzinsky, Buton Rinchen Drub, Longchenpa, Augusto Monterroso, and Olof von Dalin. After her are Pietro Carrera, Antun Vrančić, Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Alessandro Baricco, Stanisław Konarski, and Isaac de Benserade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Azar Nafisi ranks 181. Before her are Alan Sokal, Alberto Iglesias, Mike Porcaro, Lindsey Graham, Johnnie To, and Philip H. Dybvig. After her are Rodoljub Roki Vulović, Tomas Arana, Antje Jackelén, Svetozar Marović, Simon Yam, and Lena Endre.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Azar Nafisi ranks 308 out of 631. Before her are Jafar Khan (1800), Sadegh Khalkhali (1926), Kader Abdolah (1954), Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886), Kushyar Gilani (971), and Mahmoud Shabestari (1288). After her are Ali Akbar Velayati (1945), Sayed Morad Khan (1800), Majid Majidi (1959), Shaun Toub (1963), Jamshid Amouzegar (1923), and Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani (1931).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Azar Nafisi ranks 41. Before her are Subh-i-Azal (1831), Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), Sohrab Sepehri (1928), Kader Abdolah (1954), Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886), and Mahmoud Shabestari (1288). After her are Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923), Ibn Bibi (1250), Simin Behbahani (1927), Samad Behrangi (1939), Cassandra Clare (1973), and Simin Daneshvar (1921).

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