WRITER

Mahmud Taymur

1894 - 1973

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Mahmud Taymur (Arabic: محمود تيمور; 16 June 1894–25 August 1973) was a fiction writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahmud Taymur has received more than 14,044 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Mahmud Taymur is the 5,050th most popular writer (down from 4,475th in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 455th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Egyptian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Shifāh ghalīẓah
1946
Intiṣār al-ḥayāh
1963
Dunyā jadīdah
1970
Mushkilāt al-lughah al-ʻArabīyah
Arabic philology
1956
Qalb ghānīyah
1980
Abū al-Hawl yaṭīr
Arab Authors, Travel, Description and travel
1955

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mahmud Taymur ranks 5,050 out of 7,302. Before him are Chris Van Allsburg, René Maran, Jean Aicard, Walter J. Ong, Peter S. Beagle, and Naomi Klein. After him are Arvid August Afzelius, Martín Luis Guzmán, Mikalojus Daukša, Frank O'Hara, Roger Vercel, and Jean Cassou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Mahmud Taymur ranks 205. Before him are Johannes Block, Janko Alexy, Heikki Liimatainen, Bevil Rudd, Albert Préjean, and Raymond Schwartz. After him are Roger Vercel, Alan Crosland, Ludwig Wrede, Hermanis Matisons, Alfred Romer, and Nikolai Chebotaryov. Among people deceased in 1973, Mahmud Taymur ranks 209. Before him are Beulah Louise Henry, Aleksandr Ponomarev, Josué de Castro, Betty Field, Albert Paris Gütersloh, and Raymond Schwartz. After him are Alfred Schmitt, Robert Armstrong, Carlos Schneeberger, Gustav Freij, Émile Reuter, and Alfred Romer.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Mahmud Taymur ranks 516 out of 642. Before him are Iah (-2200), Ahmose, son of Ebana (-1600), Lotfia Elnadi (1907), Aly Lotfy Mahmoud (1935), Ahmed al-Senussi (1933), and Jonathan Williams (1942). After him are H. A. R. Gibb (1895), Hesham Qandil (1962), Mike Beuttler (1940), Mustafa Mansour (1914), Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892), and Amr Waked (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Mahmud Taymur ranks 54. Before him are Aisha Taymur (1840), Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889), Andrée Chedid (1920), Penelope Delta (1874), Gamal El-Ghitani (1945), and Latifa al-Zayyat (1923). After him are Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892), Bahaa Taher (1935), Magdi Allam (1952), Karim Rashid (1960), Alifa Rifaat (1930), and Penelope Lively (1933).

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