WRITER

Mirza Fatali Akhundov

1812 - 1878

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Mirza Fatali Akhundov, also known as Mirza Fatali Akhundzade, or Mirza Fath-Ali Akhundzadeh (12 July 1812 – 9 March 1878), was a celebrated Iranian Azerbaijani author, playwright, atheist, philosopher, and founder of Azerbaijani modern literary criticism. He became famous mainly for his European-inspired plays written in Azerbaijani. Akhundzade singlehandedly opened a new stage of development of Azerbaijani literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mirza Fatali Akhundov has received more than 149,262 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Mirza Fatali Akhundov is the 934th most popular writer (up from 948th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Azerbaijan and the 4th most popular Azerbaijani Writer.

Mirza Fatali Akhundov was an Azerbaijani poet and a founder of modern Azerbaijani literature. He was also the first to translate the works of Shakespeare into Azerbaijani.

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  • 5.11

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  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mirza Fatali Akhundov ranks 934 out of 7,302. Before him are Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Ann Radcliffe, W. G. Sebald, Aimé Césaire, Thomas Pynchon, and Jean de La Bruyère. After him are Lafcadio Hearn, Ouyang Xiu, Joyce Carol Oates, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Leconte de Lisle, and Rustichello da Pisa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Mirza Fatali Akhundov ranks 12. Before him are Alexander Herzen, Louise of Orléans, Ivan Goncharov, Moses Hess, Sigismond Thalberg, and Amélie of Leuchtenberg. After him are Ascanio Sobrero, Maria Cristina of Savoy, Alfred Krupp, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Pertevniyal Sultan, and Robert Browning. Among people deceased in 1878, Mirza Fatali Akhundov ranks 12. Before him are Joseph Henry, Julius von Mayer, Charles-François Daubigny, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, George V of Hanover, and Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora. After him are Ernst Heinrich Weber, Antoine César Becquerel, Elias Magnus Fries, Nikolay Nekrasov, Queen Cheorin, and Angelo Secchi.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Mirza Fatali Akhundov ranks 18 out of 232. Before him are Zecharia Sitchin (1920), Ivan Bagramyan (1897), Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921), Ayaz Mutallibov (1938), Artur Rasizade (1935), and Garegin Nzhdeh (1886). After him are Ali Asadov (1956), Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh (1884), Pavel Florensky (1882), Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885), Mehriban Aliyeva (1964), and Khaqani (1126).

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Among WRITERS In Azerbaijan

Among writers born in Azerbaijan, Mirza Fatali Akhundov ranks 4. Before him are Nizami Ganjavi (1141), Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), and Zecharia Sitchin (1920). After him are Khaqani (1126), Banine (1905), Mirza Shafi Vazeh (1794), Mahsati (1089), Samad Vurgun (1906), Ahmad Javad (1892), Huseyn Javid (1882), and Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1869).

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