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Fazil Iskander

1929 - 2016

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Fazil Abdulovich Iskander (6 March 1929 – 31 July 2016) was a Soviet and Russian writer and poet known in the former Soviet Union for his descriptions of Caucasian life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fazil Iskander has received more than 132,722 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Fazil Iskander is the 2,890th most popular writer (down from 2,664th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fazil Iskander ranks 2,890 out of 7,302. Before him are Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Hyginus Gromaticus, Tomas Venclova, Venedikt Yerofeyev, Bernardo Atxaga, and Antiphanes. After him are Yūko Tsushima, John Fletcher, Tom Stoppard, Francisco Ayala, Huseyn Javid, and Léon Daudet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Fazil Iskander ranks 204. Before him are Selim Hoss, Mariama Bâ, Alexis Weissenberg, Roger Bannister, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and Lee Hazlewood. After him are Julinho, Liz Sheridan, Anastasios of Albania, Nigel Hawthorne, Jack Higgins, and François Cheng. Among people deceased in 2016, Fazil Iskander ranks 184. Before him are Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, Lola Novaković, Sixto Durán Ballén, Mahasweta Devi, and Christina Grimmie. After him are Yūko Tsushima, Klim Churyumov, Jacques Hamel, Pierre Étaix, Halil İnalcık, and Madeleine Lebeau.

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