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WRITER

Mikha'il Na'ima

1889 - 1988

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Mikha'il Nu'ayma (Arabic: ميخائيل نعيمة, ALA-LC: Mīkhāʼīl Nuʻaymah; US legal name: Michael Joseph Naimy), better known in English by his pen name Mikhail Naimy (October 17, 1889 – February 28, 1988), was a Lebanese poet, novelist, and philosopher, famous for his spiritual writings, notably The Book of Mirdad. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikha'il Na'ima has received more than 92,110 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Mikha'il Na'ima is the 2,437th most popular writer (up from 2,979th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 70th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Lebanese Writer.

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  • 92k

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  • 53.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mikha'il Na'ima ranks 2,437 out of 5,755. Before him are Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, Maria Skobtsova, Tom Sharpe, Paul the Silentiary, Dagny Juel, and Vladimir Stasov. After him are Dacia Maraini, Margit Sandemo, Amélie Nothomb, John Cleland, John Fletcher, and Peter of Dusburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Mikha'il Na'ima ranks 100. Before him are Khudiram Bose, Dorothy Gibson, Amadeo Bordiga, Dietrich von Hildebrand, Maximilian de Angelis, and Adolfo Ruiz Cortines. After him are Abdelhamid Ben Badis, Walther Gerlach, Warner Baxter, Henri Pélissier, Kōichi Kido, and Isak Samokovlija. Among people deceased in 1988, Mikha'il Na'ima ranks 84. Before him are Divine, Anne Ramsey, Bluma Zeigarnik, Raymond Williams, Hal Ashby, and Viktors Arājs. After him are Seán MacBride, Fritz Heider, Charles Addams, Hillel Slovak, Alec Issigonis, and Hamengkubuwono IX.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Mikha'il Na'ima ranks 63 out of 138. Before him are Philo of Byblos (64), Mia Khalifa (1993), Walid Jumblatt (1949), Samir Geagea (1952), Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1920), and Fakhr al-Din II (1572). After him are Suleiman Frangieh (1910), René Moawad (1925), Fawzi al-Qawuqji (1890), Fuad Chehab (1902), Abbas al-Musawi (1952), and Gabriel Yared (1949).

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Among WRITERS In Lebanon

Among writers born in Lebanon, Mikha'il Na'ima ranks 6. Before him are Khalil Gibran (1883), Amin Maalouf (1949), Antipater of Sidon (-200), Etel Adnan (1925), and Philo of Byblos (64). After him are Butrus al-Bustani (1819), Said Akl (1911), Charles Malik (1906), Elias Khoury (1948), Wajdi Mouawad (1968), and Hanan al-Shaykh (1945).

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