WRITER

Nima Yooshij

1897 - 1960

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Nima Yooshij or Nimā Yushij (11 November 1895 – 6 January 1960; Persian: نیما یوشیج), also called Nimā (نیما), née Ali Esfandiari (علی اسفندیاری), was a prominent Iranian poet. He is famous for his style of poetry which he popularized, called she'r-e now (شعر نو, lit. "new poetry"), also known as She'r-e Nimaa'i (شعر نیمایی, lit "Nima poetry") in his honour after his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nima Yooshij has received more than 144,888 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Nima Yooshij is the 2,534th most popular writer (down from 2,170th in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Iran (down from 210th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Iranian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nima Yooshij ranks 2,534 out of 7,302. Before him are Heinz G. Konsalik, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., and Ottavio Rinuccini. After him are Mkhitar Sebastatsi, Na Hye-sok, Aristeas, Seichō Matsumoto, Katherine Jackson, and Frano Selak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Nima Yooshij ranks 134. Before him are Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, Štefan Tiso, Valentin Kataev, Traicho Kostov, Xu Zhimo, and Peter Högl. After him are Edith Head, Georgios Grivas, Wilfred Bion, August Heissmeyer, Horace McCoy, and Wilhelm Falley. Among people deceased in 1960, Nima Yooshij ranks 79. Before him are Cedric Gibbons, Véra Clouzot, James Montgomery Flagg, Richard Wright, John B. Kelly Sr., and Erwin Jaenecke. After him are Leó Weiner, Alan Stacey, Jules Supervielle, Dirk Jan de Geer, Leo Spitzer, and Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Nima Yooshij ranks 250 out of 631. Before him are Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani (798), Morteza Motahhari (1919), Marjane Satrapi (1969), Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (948), Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933), and Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani (967). After him are Raffi (1835), Mohammad Beheshti (1928), Parvin E'tesami (1907), Ubayd Zakani (1301), Mohammad-Reza Shajarian (1940), and Gholamreza Takhti (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Nima Yooshij ranks 27. Before him are Hamdallah Mustawfi (1281), Daqiqi (1000), Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906), Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883), Ahmad Shamlou (1925), and Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani (967). After him are Raffi (1835), Parvin E'tesami (1907), Ubayd Zakani (1301), Asadi Tusi (999), Abolqasem Lahouti (1887), and Saib Tabrizi (1592).

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