WRITER

Etel Adnan

1925 - 2021

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Etel Adnan (Arabic: إيتيل عدنان; 24 February 1925 – 14 November 2021) was a Lebanese-American poet, essayist, and visual artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Etel Adnan has received more than 271,749 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Etel Adnan is the 2,706th most popular writer (down from 1,816th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 47th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Lebanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Forces of change
Women artists, Exhibitions, Feminism and art
Journey to Mount Tamalpais
American Poets, Biography, Poets, American
Etel Adnan
Exhibitions, Lebanese Art
Etel Adnan
Art, american, Artists, united states, Interviews
Sitt Marie Rose
Fiction, History, Lebanon Civil War, 1975-1990
The Indian never had a horse and other poems

Page views of Etel Adnans by language

Over the past year Etel Adnan has had the most page views in the with 1,372,952 views, followed by Arabic (266,284), and French (149,718). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (237,000.00%), Arabic (9,269.60%), and English (3,354.05%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Etel Adnan ranks 2,706 out of 7,302Before her are Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Max Gallo, Yury Yakovlev, Marianne Fredriksson, Fernand Crommelynck, and Artur Lundkvist. After her are Chandrashekhara Kambara, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Dezső Kosztolányi, Giovanni Pontano, Champfleury, and László Polgár.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Etel Adnan ranks 176Before her are John DeLorean, Yuval Ne'eman, Krishna Sobti, Wojciech Has, Michael Dummett, and Arlene Dahl. After her are Julie Harris, Don Alden Adams, Vera Vasilyeva, Rosario Castellanos, Maria Tallchief, and Gregorio Conrado Álvarez. Among people deceased in 2021, Etel Adnan ranks 196Before her are Sándor Puhl, Lou Ottens, Albert Vanhoye, Benigno Aquino III, Anne Buydens, and Arlene Dahl. After her are Cicely Tyson, Benoît Sokal, Jovenel Moïse, Anerood Jugnauth, Françoise Arnoul, and Vasily Lanovoy.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Etel Adnan ranks 71 out of 145Before her are Elias Hrawi (1926), Suleiman Frangieh (1910), Samir Geagea (1952), Abdalonymus (-305), Philo of Byblos (64), and Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1920). After her are Riad Al Solh (1894), Wadih El Safi (1921), Élias Sarkis (1924), Selim Hoss (1929), Gabriel Yared (1949), and Charles Helou (1913).

Among WRITERS In Lebanon

Among writers born in Lebanon, Etel Adnan ranks 6Before her are Khalil Gibran (1883), Amin Maalouf (1949), Antipater of Sidon (-200), Mikha'il Na'ima (1889), and Philo of Byblos (64). After her are Butrus al-Bustani (1819), Charles Malik (1906), Said Akl (1911), Elias Khoury (1948), Sanchuniathon (-150), and Wajdi Mouawad (1968).