WRITER

Melih Cevdet Anday

1915 - 2002

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Melih Cevdet Anday (13 March 1915 – 28 November 2002) was a Turkish writer whose poetry stands outside the traditional literary movements. He also wrote in many other genres which, over six and a half decades, included eleven collections of poems, eight plays, eight novels, fifteen collections of essays, several of which won major literary awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melih Cevdet Anday has received more than 59,890 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Melih Cevdet Anday is the 5,550th most popular writer (down from 4,981st in 2019), the 1,022nd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,058th in 2019) and the 130th most popular Turkish Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Melih Cevdet Anday ranks 5,550 out of 7,302. Before him are Þórbergur Þórðarson, John Esposito, Tom Robbins, Ferdinand von Schirach, Grace Paley, and Joe Sacco. After him are Larry McMurtry, Michiel de Swaen, Anita Desai, Kerstin Gier, Atis Kronvalds, and Roger Ascham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Melih Cevdet Anday ranks 231. Before him are Anita Louise, Norman Cousins, A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, Khadr El-Touni, Carmen Herrera, and Patricia Morison. After him are Jean Despeaux, Srđan Mrkušić, Billy Strayhorn, Richard Evans Schultes, Anita Lizana, and Heinz Körvers. Among people deceased in 2002, Melih Cevdet Anday ranks 266. Before him are Zoran Janković, Mario de las Casas, Mary Brian, Eduard Gufeld, Yuji Hyakutake, and Mariya Smirnova. After him are Kaisa Parviainen, Katrin Cartlidge, Willie Davenport, Conny Vandenbos, John Buscema, and Ruth Svedberg.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Melih Cevdet Anday ranks 1,022 out of 1,347. Before him are Volkan Bozkır (1950), Ali Bozer (1925), Arthur Edmund Carewe (1884), Bülent Arınç (1948), Mehmet Emin Yurdakul (1869), and Tevfik Kış (1934). After him are Muharrem İnce (1964), Mahsun Kırmızıgül (1969), Tugay Kerimoğlu (1970), Cemil Turan (1947), Rıfat Ilgaz (1911), and Rosy Varte (1923).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Melih Cevdet Anday ranks 130. Before him are Ahmet Mithat (1844), Nigâr Hanım (1856), Zahrad (1924), Bedros Tourian (1851), Duygu Asena (1946), and Mehmet Emin Yurdakul (1869). After him are Rıfat Ilgaz (1911), Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca (1914), Can Dündar (1961), Mateja Matevski (1929), Memnon of Heraclea (null), and Leyla Erbil (1931).

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