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 94,423 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Mikha'il Na'ima is the 2,183rd most popular writer (up from 2,429th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 63rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Lebanese Writer.

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  • 55.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mikha'il Na'ima ranks 2,183 out of 7,302. Before him are Apollonius Dyscolus, Dagny Juel, Jacques Futrelle, Erich Mühsam, Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, and Fernando de Rojas. After him are Roger Peyrefitte, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Samuel R. Delany, Álvaro Mutis, E. L. Doctorow, and Samuil Marshak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Mikha'il Na'ima ranks 90. Before him are Gabriel Hanot, Fritz Pfeffer, Willi Münzenberg, Alexander Antonov, Walther Gerlach, and Karel Doorman. After him are Amedee Reyburn, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Amadeo Bordiga, Pierre-Étienne Flandin, Jānis K. Bērziņš, and Ki Hajar Dewantara. Among people deceased in 1988, Mikha'il Na'ima ranks 75. Before him are Viktors Arājs, Charles Addams, Andrija Artuković, Edgar Faure, Ilona Elek, and Raymond Dart. After him are Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Abdulrahman Fawzi, Giacinto Scelsi, Gil Evans, Françoise Dolto, and Antal Doráti.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Mikha'il Na'ima ranks 61 out of 145. Before him are Maximus of Tyre (200), Serj Tankian (1967), Fawzi al-Qawuqji (1890), Ahmad Shukeiri (1908), Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī (1547), and Elie Hobeika (1956). After him are Fuad Chehab (1902), René Moawad (1925), Fakhr al-Din II (1572), Elias Hrawi (1926), Suleiman Frangieh (1910), and Samir Geagea (1952).

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Among WRITERS In Lebanon

Among writers born in Lebanon, Mikha'il Na'ima ranks 4. Before him are Khalil Gibran (1883), Amin Maalouf (1949), and Antipater of Sidon (-200). After him are Philo of Byblos (64), Etel Adnan (1925), Butrus al-Bustani (1819), Charles Malik (1906), Said Akl (1911), Elias Khoury (1948), Sanchuniathon (-150), and Wajdi Mouawad (1968).

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