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Elias Khoury

1948 - 2024

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Elias Khoury (Arabic: إلياس خوري; 12 July 1948 – 15 September 2024) was a Lebanese novelist and advocate of the Palestinian cause. His novels and literary criticism have been translated into several languages. In 2000, he won the Prize of Palestine for his book Gate of the Sun, and he won the Al Owais Award for fiction writing in 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elias Khoury has received more than 148,018 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Elias Khoury is the 4,673rd most popular writer (down from 4,388th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 100th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Lebanese Writer.

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  • 150k

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  • 55.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elias Khoury ranks 4,673 out of 7,302. Before him are Zakaria Tamer, Taylor Caldwell, Süreyya Ağaoğlu, H. C. Artmann, Juan José Arreola, and Stephen Baxter. After him are Michalina Wisłocka, Peter Ackroyd, Paweł Huelle, Nikolai Tikhonov, August Jakobson, and Tobias Wolff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Elias Khoury ranks 410. Before him are Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, Alexander McCall Smith, Vinko Jelovac, Oliver Shanti, and Ivan Yarygin. After him are Giuseppe Impastato, Atilio Ancheta, Eliyahu Rips, Carole Laure, Bernadette Peters, and Mike Figgis. Among people deceased in 2024, Elias Khoury ranks 275. Before him are Roy Haynes, Joe Engle, George Rhoden, Shuntarō Tanikawa, Vyacheslav Ivanov, and Piedad Córdoba. After him are Józef Szmidt, Eugenio Dal Corso, Kagney Linn Karter, Hugo Sotil, Ben Vautier, and Lynn Conway.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Elias Khoury ranks 104 out of 145. Before him are Elie Saab (1964), Julia Boutros (1968), Mona Hatoum (1952), Fares Fares (1973), Rula Ghani (1948), and Maher Zain (1981). After him are Najwa Karam (1966), Sanchuniathon (-150), Philip K. Hitti (1886), Nadine Labaki (1974), Rabih Abou-Khalil (1957), and Khalil Taha (1932).

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Among WRITERS In Lebanon

Among writers born in Lebanon, Elias Khoury ranks 10. Before him are Mikha'il Na'ima (1889), Philo of Byblos (64), Etel Adnan (1925), Butrus al-Bustani (1819), Charles Malik (1906), and Said Akl (1911). After him are Sanchuniathon (-150), Wajdi Mouawad (1968), Hanan al-Shaykh (1945), and Joumana Haddad (1970).

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