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Ibn Zaydún

1003 - 1071

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Abū al-Walīd Aḥmad Ibn Zaydouni al-Makhzūmī (Arabic: أبو الوليد أحمد بن زيدوني المخزومي; 1003–1071), or simply known as Ibn Zaydoun (Arabic: ابن زيدون) or Abenzaidun, was an Arab Andalusian poet of Cordoba and Seville. He was considered the greatest neoclassical poet of al-Andalus. He reinvigorated the impassioned lyrics in Arabic by infusing it with more personal and sensual tones of experience. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn Zaydún has received more than 37,747 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ibn Zaydún is the 2,798th most popular writer (down from 2,721st in 2019), the 915th most popular biography from Spain (down from 873rd in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

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  • 3.31

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ibn Zaydún ranks 2,798 out of 5,755. Before him are Vladimir Voinovich, Mariama Bâ, Lupus Servatus, Vonda N. McIntyre, Niccolò Tommaseo, and Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. After him are Hubert Selby Jr., Tarafa, Dorothea von Schlegel, Louis of Granada, Nonius Marcellus, and Alberic of Trois-Fontaines.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1003, Ibn Zaydún ranks 5. Before him are Edward the Confessor, Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia, Herleva, and Judith of Schweinfurt. After him are Conrad II, Duke of Carinthia and Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine. Among people deceased in 1071, Ibn Zaydún ranks 4. Before him are Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Arnulf III, Count of Flanders, and Domenico I Contarini. After him are William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford and Eleanor of Normandy.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ibn Zaydún ranks 915 out of 2,932. Before him are Txiki Begiristain (1964), Massiel (1947), Bahya ibn Paquda (1050), Vicente Aranda (1926), Lucius Licinius Lucullus (-150), and Francisco Bayeu y Subías (1734). After him are Louis of Granada (1504), Luis Arconada (1954), Francisco Herrera the Younger (1622), Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi (1213), José Martínez Ruiz (1873), and Miguel Ángel Nadal (1966).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Ibn Zaydún ranks 103. Before him are Alonso de Ercilla (1533), Àngel Guimerà (1845), Lucía Sánchez Saornil (1895), Juan Marsé (1933), Pedro Salinas (1891), and Luis Cernuda (1902). After him are Louis of Granada (1504), José Martínez Ruiz (1873), Joan Brossa (1919), Joan Maragall (1860), Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760), and Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (null).

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