WRITER

Fadwa Tuqan

1917 - 2003

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Fadwa Tuqan (Arabic: فدوى طوقان, romanized: Fadwā Ṭūqān; 1 March 1917 – 12 December 2003) was a Palestinian poet known for her representations of resistance to Israeli occupation in contemporary Arab poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fadwa Tuqan has received more than 103,587 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Fadwa Tuqan is the 3,139th most popular writer (up from 4,171st in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fadwa Tuqan ranks 3,139 out of 7,302. Before her are Gunnar Ekelöf, Robert Harris, Símun av Skarði, Mario Soldati, Étienne Jodelle, and Konstantine Gamsakhurdia. After her are René Daumal, Antonio de Guevara, Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, Tristan Bernard, Qian Zhongshu, and Edward Gorey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Fadwa Tuqan ranks 160. Before her are Vasily Mishin, Red Auerbach, Leopoldo Trieste, June Allyson, Philipp von Boeselager, and Zainab al Ghazali. After her are David Tomlinson, Suzy Delair, Ivan Bodiul, Imre Németh, Olga Sanfirova, and Bertil Nordahl. Among people deceased in 2003, Fadwa Tuqan ranks 152. Before her are Sam Phillips, João César Monteiro, Hope Lange, Milton George Henschel, Wilfred Thesiger, and Hume Cronyn. After her are Robert Stack, Kir Bulychev, Noel Redding, Christopher Hill, Hans Hotter, and Sadegh Khalkhali.

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