1945 - Today
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 238,208 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Nuruddin Farah is the 4,388th most popular writer (down from 3,966th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Somalia (down from 16th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Somali Writer.
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Among writers, Nuruddin Farah ranks 4,388 out of 5,755. Before him are Theodore Roszak, Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, Charlaine Harris, Amiri Baraka, Wang Guowei, and Anne Bradstreet. After him are Roberto Juarroz, Robertson Davies, Eduardo Pondal, Regīna Ezera, Stanley G. Weinbaum, and Takeshi Shudo.
1933 - 2011
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 4,382
1865 - 1908
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 4,383
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 4,384
1934 - 2014
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 4,385
1877 - 1927
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 4,386
1612 - 1672
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 4,387
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 4,388
1925 - 1995
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 4,389
1913 - 1995
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 4,390
1835 - 1917
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 4,391
1930 - 2002
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 4,392
1902 - 1935
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 4,393
1949 - 2010
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 4,394
Among people born in 1945, Nuruddin Farah ranks 335. Before him are Kadir Topbaş, Meira Kumar, Ronee Blakley, Roberta Bondar, Zdeňka Vávrová, and Elton Dean. After him are Herman Cain, Ralph Siegel, Tony Kaye, Clive Russell, Tony Roche, and Jean-Marc Guillou.
1945 - 2021
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 329
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 330
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 331
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 332
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 333
1945 - 2006
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 334
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 335
1945 - 2020
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 336
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 337
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 338
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 339
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 340
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 341
Among people born in Somalia, Nuruddin Farah ranks 17 out of 50. Before him are Nur Hassan Hussein (1937), Muse Bihi Abdi (1948), Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1856), Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (1955), Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (1962), and Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969). After him are Hassan Ali Khayre (1968), Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (1964), Abdulqawi Yusuf (1948), Hussein Farrah Aidid (1962), Abdi Farah Shirdon (1958), and Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal (1928).
1937 - 2020
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 11
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 12
1856 - 1920
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 13
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 14
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 15
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 16
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 17
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 18
1964 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 19
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 20
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 21
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 22
1928 - 2002
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 23
Among writers born in Somalia, Nuruddin Farah ranks 3. Before him are Waris Dirie (1965) and Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1856).
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 1
1856 - 1920
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 2
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 3