1929 - 1989
Kateb Yacine (Arabic pronunciation: [kæːtb jæːsiːn]; 2 August 1929 or 6 August 1929 – 28 October 1989) was an Algerian writer notable for his novels and plays, both in French and Algerian Arabic, and his advocacy of the Berber cause. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kateb Yacine has received more than 289,898 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Kateb Yacine is the 1,671st most popular writer (up from 1,738th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 47th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Algerian Writer.
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Among writers, Kateb Yacine ranks 1,671 out of 5,755. Before him are Walafrid Strabo, Vicki Baum, Samuel ibn Naghrillah, Antonio de Nebrija, Ahad Ha'am, and Ivan Klíma. After him are John of Kronstadt, Frans Sammut, Liu Cixin, Maria Gripe, Acusilaus, and Alexander Polyhistor.
808 - 849
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 1,665
1888 - 1960
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 1,666
993 - 1055
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,667
1441 - 1522
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,668
1856 - 1927
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,669
1931 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,670
1929 - 1989
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,671
1829 - 1908
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1,672
1945 - 2011
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1,673
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1,674
1923 - 2007
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 1,675
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 1,676
100 BC - 75 BC
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 1,677
Among people born in 1929, Kateb Yacine ranks 133. Before him are Nureddin al-Atassi, Sam Nujoma, Édouard Balladur, Eric Carle, Zillur Rahman, and Whitey Bulger. After him are Vladimír Menšík, George Crumb, Vasily Shukshin, Carlos Lacoste, Michael Michai Kitbunchu, and Filaret. Among people deceased in 1989, Kateb Yacine ranks 80. Before him are Pérez Prado, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Robert Mapplethorpe, Gaetano Scirea, Giuseppe Siri, and R. D. Laing. After him are Albert Bormann, Charles Vanel, Hibari Misora, Vasile Milea, Cesare Zavattini, and Mihály Lantos.
1929 - 1992
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 127
1929 - Present
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 128
1929 - Present
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 129
1929 - 2021
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 130
1929 - 2013
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 131
1929 - 2018
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 132
1929 - 1989
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 133
1929 - 1988
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 134
1929 - 2022
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 135
1929 - 1974
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 136
1929 - 2004
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 137
1929 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 138
1929 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 139
1916 - 1989
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 74
1906 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 75
1946 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 76
1953 - 1989
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 77
1906 - 1989
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 78
1927 - 1989
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 79
1929 - 1989
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 80
1902 - 1989
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 81
1892 - 1989
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 82
1937 - 1989
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 83
1927 - 1989
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 84
1902 - 1989
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 85
1928 - 1989
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 86
Among people born in Algeria, Kateb Yacine ranks 50 out of 184. Before him are Mohamed Boudiaf (1919), Khaled (1960), Liamine Zéroual (1941), Edwige Fenech (1948), Lalla Fatma N'Soumer (1830), and Kusaila (640). After him are Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre (1810), Ali Kafi (1928), Lakhdar Brahimi (1934), René Viviani (1862), Mohammed Dib (1920), and Paul Masson (1876).
1919 - 1992
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 44
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 45
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 46
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 47
1830 - 1863
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 48
640 - 688
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 49
1929 - 1989
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 50
1810 - 1885
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 51
1928 - 2013
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 52
1934 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 53
1862 - 1925
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 54
1920 - 2003
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 55
1876 - 1944
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 56
Among writers born in Algeria, Kateb Yacine ranks 8. Before him are Apuleius (125), Bernard-Henri Lévy (1948), Marcus Minucius Felix (110), Robert Merle (1908), Assia Djebar (1936), and Hélène Cixous (1937). After him are Mohammed Dib (1920), Isaac Alfasi (1013), Mouloud Feraoun (1913), Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1578), Ibn Manzur (1233), and Yasmina Khadra (1955).
125 - 170
HPI: 75.60
Rank: 2
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 3
110 - 260
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 4
1908 - 2004
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 5
1936 - 2015
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 6
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 7
1929 - 1989
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 8
1920 - 2003
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 9
1013 - 1103
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 10
1913 - 1962
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 11
1578 - 1632
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 12
1233 - 1312
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 13
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 14