WRITER

Cemal Süreya

1931 - 1990

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Cemâl Süreya (born Cemâlettin Seber; 1931 – 9 January 1990) was a Turkish poet and writer of Kurdish–Zaza descent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cemal Süreya has received more than 100,182 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Cemal Süreya is the 4,116th most popular writer (down from 3,561st in 2019), the 879th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 913th in 2019) and the 106th most popular Turkish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 49.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sevda Sözleri
Şapkam dolu çiçekle
Turkish poetry
Göçebe
Üvercinka
Beni öp sonra doğur beni
Dostlarının kaleminden Cemal Süreya'nın portresi
Biography, Turkish Authors

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cemal Süreya ranks 4,116 out of 7,302Before him are Mona Simpson, Johann Georg von Hahn, Lisa Tetzner, Ngaio Marsh, Ō no Yasumaro, and Barthold Heinrich Brockes. After him are Ken Adam, Maximilian Harden, Peter Cheyney, Musa Anter, Robert Rozhdestvensky, and José Enrique Rodó.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Cemal Süreya ranks 301Before him are Dorothy Stang, Elias M. Stein, Willie Mays, Irwin Winkler, Shunichiro Okano, and Guido Messina. After him are Klaus Rifbjerg, Kenny Burrell, Vlastimil Bubník, Phil Woods, Dorian Gray, and David Cherkassky. Among people deceased in 1990, Cemal Süreya ranks 172Before him are Kenjiro Takayanagi, Manly P. Hall, Horst Bienek, Laura Perls, Aleksandra Chudina, and Herbert Wehner. After him are Araken Patusca, Robert Cummings, Michael Oakeshott, Geir Hallgrímsson, René David, and Omero Tognon.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Cemal Süreya ranks 879 out of 1,347Before him are İbrahim Şinasi (1826), Nihat Kahveci (1979), Ahmed Vefik Pasha (1823), Krikor Zohrab (1861), Alexander of Abonoteichus (105), and Neslihan Atagül (1992). After him are Musa Anter (1920), Agha Petros (1880), Abdullah Çatlı (1956), Yaşar Doğu (1913), İbrahim Kaypakkaya (1949), and Serapion of Antioch (200).

Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Cemal Süreya ranks 106Before him are Adile Sultan (1826), Siamanto (1878), Attilâ İlhan (1925), Ömer Seyfettin (1884), İbrahim Şinasi (1826), and Alexander of Abonoteichus (105). After him are Musa Anter (1920), George Kodinos (1350), Adalet Ağaoğlu (1929), Theodore Abu Qurrah (750), Uğur Mumcu (1942), and Orhan Kemal (1914).