WRITER

Kateb Yacine

1929 - 1989

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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 301,592 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Kateb Yacine is the 1,709th most popular writer (down from 1,667th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 50th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Algerian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kateb Yacine ranks 1,709 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Shen Yue, Táhirih, Sheridan Le Fanu, Boris Akunin, and Bernard Malamud. After him are Mao Dun, Hadewijch, Lucinda Riley, Hermann Bahr, Pierre Plantard, and José Mauro de Vasconcelos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Kateb Yacine ranks 135. Before him are Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Rafael Eitan, Édouard Balladur, Michael Michai Kitbunchu, Gabriel Urgebadze, and Ira Levin. After him are Burhan Sargun, Vladimír Menšík, Vasily Shukshin, Branko Zebec, John Conyers, and Jaakko Hintikka. Among people deceased in 1989, Kateb Yacine ranks 78. Before him are Minoru Genda, Lucille Ball, Princess Deokhye, Boris Skossyreff, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Arseny Tarkovsky. After him are Pérez Prado, Hassan Fathy, Hans Hartung, Cesare Zavattini, Hibari Misora, and Albert Bormann.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Kateb Yacine ranks 54 out of 213. Before him are Marcus Cornelius Fronto (100), Nicole Garcia (1946), Kusaila (640), René Viviani (1862), Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre (1810), and Rabah Madjer (1958). After him are Alphonse Juin (1888), Ahmad al-Tijani (1735), Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi (1787), Mohammed Dib (1920), Adherbal (-200), and Isaac Alfasi (1013).

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Among WRITERS In Algeria

Among writers born in Algeria, Kateb Yacine ranks 8. Before him are Apuleius (125), Bernard-Henri Lévy (1948), Assia Djebar (1936), Robert Merle (1908), Hélène Cixous (1937), and Marcus Minucius Felix (110). After him are Mohammed Dib (1920), Isaac Alfasi (1013), Al-Busiri (1213), Mouloud Feraoun (1913), Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1578), and Mouloud Mammeri (1917).

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