WRITER

Nuruddin Farah

1945 - Today

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Nuruddin Farah (Somali: Nuuradiin Faarax, Arabic: نورالدين فارح) (born 24 November 1945) is a Somali novelist. His first novel, From a Crooked Rib, was published in 1970 and has been described as "one of the cornerstones of modern East African literature today". He has also written plays both for stage and radio, as well as short stories and essays. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nuruddin Farah has received more than 257,294 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Nuruddin Farah is the 3,924th most popular writer (up from 4,375th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Somalia (up from 17th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Somali Writer.

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  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nuruddin Farah ranks 3,924 out of 7,302. Before him are César Aira, Gustaf Fröding, Irakli Abashidze, Katherine Anne Porter, Taranatha, and Moa Martinson. After him are Elmer Rice, Max Lange, Humayun Ahmed, Dževad Karahasan, Jędrzej Śniadecki, and Petko Slaveykov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Nuruddin Farah ranks 333. Before him are Ronee Blakley, Richard Hatch, Michael Blake, Tony Williams, Nils Torvalds, and Geoff Emerick. After him are Modestas Paulauskas, Sam Anderson, Ken Walsh, Paul Kennedy, Zygmunt Maszczyk, and Faina Melnik.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Nuruddin Farah ranks 14 out of 58. Before him are Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), Aden Adde (1908), Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1856), Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), Abdirashid Shermarke (1919), and Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939). After him are Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969), Abdulqawi Yusuf (1948), Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (1936), Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (1962), Hassan Ali Khayre (1968), and Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928).

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Among WRITERS In Somalia

Among writers born in Somalia, Nuruddin Farah ranks 3. Before him are Waris Dirie (1965), and Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1856). After him are Nadifa Mohamed (1981).

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