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Nazik Al-Malaika

1923 - 2007

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Nazik al-Malaika (Arabic: نازك الملائكة; 23 August 1923 – 20 June 2007) was an Iraqi poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nazik Al-Malaika has received more than 97,722 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Nazik Al-Malaika is the 2,907th most popular writer (up from 3,093rd in 2019), the 249th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 245th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Iraqi Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 98k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Revolt Against the Sun
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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nazik Al-Malaika ranks 2,907 out of 7,302Before her are Lev Rubinstein, Jean Richepin, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, K. Shivaram Karanth, Salama Moussa, and Ana Blandiana. After her are Joseph Görres, Alfred Kerr, Daniel Varoujan, Anselm Grün, Heinrich von Veldeke, and Dodie Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Nazik Al-Malaika ranks 171Before her are Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Tonino Delli Colli, Nirmala Srivastava, Menahem Pressler, Bob Barker, and Cesare Siepi. After her are Linda Darnell, Inge Morath, D. N. Aidit, Gerard Reve, Naziha al-Dulaimi, and Madeleine Lebeau. Among people deceased in 2007, Nazik Al-Malaika ranks 154Before her are Reg Park, Ronald Speirs, Wolfgang Iser, Salomon Morel, Lee Hazlewood, and Max Roach. After her are Gohar Gasparyan, Osvaldo Cavandoli, Toše Proeski, Ladislav Adamec, Naziha al-Dulaimi, and Antonio Aguilar.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Nazik Al-Malaika ranks 249 out of 384Before her are Eriba-Adad I (-1400), Ashur-dan I (-1300), Hormuzd Rassam (1826), Arik-den-ili (-1400), Erishum I (-2000), and Shu-Sin (null). After her are Ur-Zababa (-2350), Karim Findi (1946), Naziha al-Dulaimi (1923), Isidore of Charax (-50), Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq (800), and Gungunum (-2000).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Nazik Al-Malaika ranks 19Before her are Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), Al-Farazdaq (641), Aphrahat (280), Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), and Al-Asmaʿi (740). After her are Karim Findi (1946), Abdullah Goran (1904), Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861), Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932), Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923), and Ishaq ibn Hunayn (830).