WRITER

Mahmoud Darwish

1941 - 2008

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Mahmoud Darwish (Arabic: مَحمُود دَرْوِيْش, romanized: Maḥmūd Darwīsh; 13 March 1941 – 9 August 2008) was a Palestinian poet and author who was regarded as Palestine's national poet. In 1988 Darwish wrote the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, which was the formal declaration for the creation of a State of Palestine. Darwish won numerous awards for his works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahmoud Darwish has received more than 1,615,284 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Mahmoud Darwish is the 363rd most popular writer (up from 719th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Israel (up from 96th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Israeli Writer.

Mahmoud Darwish is a Palestinian poet and author. He is most famous for his poems about the Palestinian people's struggle for independence.

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  • 56

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  • 3.72

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mahmoud Darwish ranks 363 out of 7,302. Before him are Simonides of Ceos, James Fenimore Cooper, Jorge Amado, Margaret Mitchell, Christine de Pizan, and Ian Fleming. After him are Mario Puzo, Ahmad ibn Fadlan, Paul Auster, Jo Nesbø, Alphonse de Lamartine, and Ennius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Mahmoud Darwish ranks 20. Before him are Plácido Domingo, Bruno Ganz, Richard Dawkins, Lee Myung-bak, Martha Argerich, and Fethullah Gülen. After him are Franco Nero, Graham Chapman, Harry Nilsson, Ryan O'Neal, Charlie Watts, and Vivienne Westwood. Among people deceased in 2008, Mahmoud Darwish ranks 14. Before him are Chinghiz Aitmatov, Albert Hofmann, Irena Sendler, Charlton Heston, Arthur C. Clarke, and Miriam Makeba. After him are Hua Guofeng, Willis Lamb, Richard Widmark, Richard Wright, Sydney Pollack, and Harold Pinter.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Mahmoud Darwish ranks 60 out of 466. Before him are James, son of Alphaeus (-10), Abijah of Judah (-1000), Amalric of Jerusalem (1136), Baldwin V of Jerusalem (1177), Barabbas (1), and Baldwin III of Jerusalem (1130). After him are Zedekiah (-617), Nehemiah (-490), Isaac Herzog (1960), Ada Yonath (1939), Micah (-737), and Ezer Weizman (1924).

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Among WRITERS In Israel

Among writers born in Israel, Mahmoud Darwish ranks 3. Before him are John the Evangelist (10), and Amos Oz (1939). After him are Edward Said (1935), Ghassan Kanafani (1936), David Grossman (1954), A. B. Yehoshua (1936), May Ziade (1886), Ahron Daum (1951), Justus of Tiberias (35), Meir Shalev (1948), and Gideon Levy (1953).

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