WRITER

Izzat Ghazzawi

1951 - 2003

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Izzat Ghazzawi (Arabic: عزت الغزاوي, romanized: ʻIzzat al-Ghazzāwī; 4 December 1951 – 4 April 2003) was a Palestinian writer born in Deir al-Ghusun, which was under Jordanian rule, in Tulkarm Governorate. He wrote about the sufferings of the Palestinian people and was arrested many times by Israeli authorities for "political activities". He was a professor at Birzeit University and was awarded the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought in 2001; together with the Israeli writer Abraham B. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Izzat Ghazzawi has received more than 27,175 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Izzat Ghazzawi is the 4,098th most popular writer (up from 5,577th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 27k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Naḥwa rʻyah naqdīyah ḥadīthah
1989
Point of departure
1993
Jannah muḍīʾah
Literary essays.
2001
al-Ḥallāj yaʼtī fī al-layl
Story.
2003
Letters underway
Correspondence, Palestinian Arab Prisoners, Prisoners' writings, Arabic
1996
Mā qālahu al-ruwāh
2002

Page views of Izzat Ghazzawis by language

Over the past year Izzat Ghazzawi has had the most page views in the with 3,725 views, followed by Arabic (1,387), and German (989). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Greek (96.59%), English (84.13%), and Persian (75.28%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Izzat Ghazzawi ranks 4,098 out of 7,302. Before him are David Crane, T. C. Boyle, Lilian Jackson Braun, Petrus Borel, Jean de Brunhoff, and Sergei Mavrodi. After him are Aleko Konstantinov, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Sándor Weöres, Yevgeny Petrov, Johann Fischart, and Alexander of Abonoteichus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Izzat Ghazzawi ranks 275. Before him are John Scofield, Michel Pollentier, Joe Jordan, Harry Hamlin, Ronald DeFeo Jr., and Tom Hamilton. After him are Anna Dymna, Ryūsei Nakao, Unshō Ishizuka, Anthony Phillips, Tony Amendola, and Sandahl Bergman. Among people deceased in 2003, Izzat Ghazzawi ranks 197. Before him are Vera Ralston, Hedy Schlunegger, Garrett Hardin, Timothy Treadwell, Olle Anderberg, and Flóra Kádár. After him are Kriangsak Chamanan, Derek Prince, Kató Lomb, Veikko Hakulinen, Strom Thurmond, and Piet Dankert.

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