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Meir Shalev

1948 - 2023

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Meir Shalev (Hebrew: מאיר שלו; 29 July 1948 – 11 April 2023) was an Israeli writer and newspaper columnist for the daily Yedioth Ahronoth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meir Shalev has received more than 115,906 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Meir Shalev is the 2,759th most popular writer (up from 3,943rd in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Israel (up from 226th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Israeli Writer.

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  • 120k

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  • 59.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Meir Shalev ranks 2,759 out of 7,302. Before him are Michele Ruggieri, Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, Israel Zolli, Thomas Gray, Harold Robbins, and Carl Bernstein. After him are Antal Szerb, Thomas Kyd, Petter Dass, Samuel Smiles, Alice Schwarzer, and John Zerzan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Meir Shalev ranks 225. Before him are Manuel Clemente, Peter James, Muhammad Zaidan, Tony Judt, Art Spiegelman, and Rick Parfitt. After him are Kitten Natividad, Bernhard Lehmann, Robert Holdstock, Steve Winwood, Sam Hui, and Barbara Hendricks. Among people deceased in 2023, Meir Shalev ranks 246. Before him are Giovanni Lodetti, Sherif Ismail, Vera Vasilyeva, Maryanne Trump Barry, Paul de Senneville, and Nadja Tiller. After him are Jim Brown, Menahem Pressler, Bob Barker, Endel Tulving, C. R. Rao, and Ilya Kabakov.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Meir Shalev ranks 212 out of 466. Before him are Alice of Champagne (1196), Arnon Milchan (1944), Yuval Ne'eman (1925), Israel Katz (1955), John of Patmos (50), and Ralph Bakshi (1938). After him are Naomi Shemer (1930), Esther Hayut (1953), Gideon Levy (1953), Yvan Attal (1965), Nahum Stelmach (1936), and Hiam Abbass (1960).

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Among WRITERS In Israel

Among writers born in Israel, Meir Shalev ranks 11. Before him are Ghassan Kanafani (1936), David Grossman (1954), A. B. Yehoshua (1936), May Ziade (1886), Ahron Daum (1951), and Justus of Tiberias (35). After him are Gideon Levy (1953), Etgar Keret (1967), Emile Habibi (1922), Amira Hass (1956), Zeruya Shalev (1959), and Tony Cliff (1917).

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