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Birago Diop

1908 - 1989

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Birago Diop (11 December 1906 – 25 November 1989) to a wolof family was a Senegalese poet and storyteller whose work restored general interest in African folktales and promoted him to one of the most outstanding African francophone writers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Birago Diop has received more than 78,047 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Birago Diop is the 5,351st most popular writer (down from 4,945th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Senegal (down from 25th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Senegalese Writer.

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  • 78k

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  • 53.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Birago Diop ranks 5,351 out of 7,302Before him are Frank Schätzing, Tsendiin Damdinsüren, Ferreira de Castro, Dan Pagis, Abdulla Aliş, and Tom Peters. After him are Vernon Lee, Jane Bowles, Hans Christian Branner, John Gardner, Lars Ahlin, and Charles Montagu Doughty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Birago Diop ranks 324Before him are Karl Warner, Miguel Otero Silva, Olaf Hoffsbakken, Pietro Pastore, Tsendiin Damdinsüren, and Abdulla Aliş. After him are Mary Welsh Hemingway, Tauno Palo, Corneliu Robe, José Antonio Remón Cantera, Olivia Manning, and Mikhail Somov. Among people deceased in 1989, Birago Diop ranks 235Before him are Aleksanteri Saarvala, Erik Almgren, Brian Naylor, Robert Körner, John Pritchard, and Ewan MacColl. After him are Richard Rado, László Papp, Willibald Kreß, Federico Saiz, Scott O'Dell, and Fernando Martín Espina.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Birago Diop ranks 30 out of 138Before him are El Hadji Diouf (1981), Aminata Sow Fall (1941), Ibrahim Ba (1973), Didier Raoult (1952), Habib Thiam (1933), and Guirane N'Daw (1984). After him are Jacques Diouf (1938), Baaba Maal (1953), Khalilou Fadiga (1974), Ali Dia (1965), Cheikh Hamidou Kane (1928), and Habib Koité (1958).

Among WRITERS In Senegal

Among writers born in Senegal, Birago Diop ranks 4Before him are Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906), Mariama Bâ (1929), and Aminata Sow Fall (1941). After him are Cheikh Hamidou Kane (1928), Fatou Diome (1968), Khady Sylla (1963), and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (1990).