WRITER

Driss Chraïbi

1926 - 2007

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Driss Chraïbi (Arabic: إدريس الشرايبي; July 15, 1926 – April 1, 2007) was a Moroccan author whose novels deal with colonialism, culture clashes, generational conflict and the treatment of women and are often perceived as semi-autobiographical. Born in El Jadida and educated in Casablanca, Chraïbi went to Paris in 1945 to study chemistry before turning to literature and journalism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Driss Chraïbi has received more than 57,127 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Driss Chraïbi is the 3,649th most popular writer (down from 3,594th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Morocco (down from 76th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Moroccan Writer.

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  • 57k

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  • 51.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Driss Chraïbi ranks 3,649 out of 7,302. Before him are Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, Lillian Hellman, Siegfried Sassoon, Ghada al-Samman, John Ashbery, and Felix Timmermans. After him are Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Samih al-Qasim, Otfrid of Weissenburg, Farrukhi Sistani, Ilya Ilf, and Johan Herman Wessel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Driss Chraïbi ranks 243. Before him are Salahuddin of Selangor, K. D. Jadhav, Heinz Kwiatkowski, Baltazar, Julie Adams, and Salvador Jorge Blanco. After him are Richard Yates, Fernando J. Corbató, Theo Adam, Janet Asimov, Heriberto Herrera, and Stanley Cavell. Among people deceased in 2007, Driss Chraïbi ranks 195. Before him are Toulo de Graffenried, Angelo Felici, Ken McGregor, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Kirill Lavrov, and Luis Herrera Campins. After him are Mariano Gonzalvo, Vlatko Pavletić, Theodore Maiman, Walter Kempowski, Néstor Rossi, and Mark St. John.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Driss Chraïbi ranks 81 out of 264. Before him are Ibn 'Idhari (1300), Yves Lacoste (1929), Mustapha Hadji (1971), Dunash ben Labrat (920), Saadeddine Othmani (1956), and Dominique Mamberti (1952). After him are Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco (1970), Gad Elmaleh (1971), Noureddine Naybet (1970), Hicham El Guerrouj (1974), Alain Souchon (1944), and Philippe Barbarin (1950).

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Among WRITERS In Morocco

Among writers born in Morocco, Driss Chraïbi ranks 6. Before him are Fatema Mernissi (1940), Tahar Ben Jelloun (1944), Daniel Pennac (1944), Mohamed Choukri (1935), and Dunash ben Labrat (920). After him are Ahmed Rami (1946), Eva Illouz (1961), Malika Oufkir (1953), Muriel Barbery (1969), Katherine Pancol (1954), and Leïla Slimani (1981).

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