WRITER

Kader Abdolah

1954 - Today

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Hossein Sadjadi Ghaemmaghami Farahani (Persian: حسین سجادی قائم‌مقامی فراهانی), better known by his pen name Kader Abdolah (Persian: قادر عبدالله) (Arak, 12 November 1954), is an Iranian-Dutch writer, poet and columnist. His books, written in Dutch, often contain Persian literary themes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kader Abdolah has received more than 110,174 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Kader Abdolah is the 3,227th most popular writer (up from 3,691st in 2019), the 304th most popular biography from Iran (down from 299th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Iranian Writer.

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  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kader Abdolah ranks 3,227 out of 7,302. Before him are Roberto Calasso, Hilary Mantel, Kamalaśīla, Ford Madox Ford, Etgar Keret, and Luo Yixiu. After him are Antonio Beccadelli, Gaito Gazdanov, Claudius Salmasius, Jules Barbier, Evgeny Schwartz, and John VIII of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Kader Abdolah ranks 179. Before him are Wang Jianlin, Frank Bainimarama, Juanito, Margaux Hemingway, Yuji Kishioku, and Atif Dudaković. After him are Gerd Faltings, Pierre Dartout, Phil Taylor, Derek Warwick, Trevor Francis, and Cindy Breakspeare.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Kader Abdolah ranks 304 out of 631. Before him are Mithridates V of Parthia (100), Hossein Salami (1960), Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1906), Amastrine (-400), Jafar Khan (1800), and Sadegh Khalkhali (1926). After him are Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886), Kushyar Gilani (971), Mahmoud Shabestari (1288), Azar Nafisi (1955), Ali Akbar Velayati (1945), and Sayed Morad Khan (1800).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Kader Abdolah ranks 38. Before him are Abolqasem Lahouti (1887), Saib Tabrizi (1592), Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi (995), Subh-i-Azal (1831), Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), and Sohrab Sepehri (1928). After him are Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886), Mahmoud Shabestari (1288), Azar Nafisi (1955), Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923), Ibn Bibi (1250), and Simin Behbahani (1927).

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