WRITER

Bahram Beyzai

1938 - Today

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Bahrām Beyzāêi (also spelt Beizāi, Beyzāêi, Persian: بهرام بیضائی; born 26 December 1938) is an Iranian playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, film editor, and ostād ("master") of Persian letters, arts and Iranian studies. Beyzaie is the son of the poet Ne'matallah Beyzai (best known by his literary pseudonym "Zokā'i"). The celebrated poet Adib Beyzai, one of the most profound poets of 20th-century Iran, is Bahram's paternal uncle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bahram Beyzai has received more than 180,800 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Bahram Beyzai is the 3,955th most popular writer (down from 3,797th in 2019), the 350th most popular biography from Iran (down from 302nd in 2019) and the 49th most popular Iranian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sagʹkushī
Sag kushi (Motion picture)
2001
Haqiqat va mard-e dana
1972
Vaqtī hamah khvābīm!
2010
Sulṭān mār
1966
Pahlavān akbar mīmīrad
1965
Namāyish dar Īrān
Theater, History and criticism, Persian drama
"the definitive work on the history of Persian theatre" *Encyclopaedia Iranica*
1965

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bahram Beyzai ranks 3,955 out of 7,302. Before him are Gloria Fuertes, Paruyr Sevak, Alejandro Casona, Zofia Nałkowska, Philippa Gregory, and Susanna Kaysen. After him are Pauline Kael, Nevil Shute, Mongo Beti, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Irawati Karve, and Simo Matavulj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Bahram Beyzai ranks 313. Before him are Stephen Breyer, Shi Pei Pu, Giorgia Moll, Henk Groot, Pat Buchanan, and Manuel Blum. After him are Charles Starkweather, Leonid Zhabotinsky, Tang Jiaxuan, Tony Renis, Sigitas Tamkevičius, and Waheeda Rehman.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Bahram Beyzai ranks 350 out of 631. Before him are Anousheh Ansari (1966), Mahmoud Taleghani (1911), Iraj Mirza (1874), Mohsen Rezaee (1954), Fazlullah Nouri (1843), and Haj Ali Razmara (1901). After him are Shapur IV (null), Irán Eory (1939), Rita (1962), Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel (1945), Bozorg Alavi (1904), and Hushang Ebtehaj (1928).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Bahram Beyzai ranks 49. Before him are Ibn Bibi (1250), Simin Behbahani (1927), Samad Behrangi (1939), Cassandra Clare (1973), Simin Daneshvar (1921), and Iraj Mirza (1874). After him are Bozorg Alavi (1904), Hushang Ebtehaj (1928), Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani (1001), Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh (1892), Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (1940), and Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani (1939).

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