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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 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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  • 240k

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  • 47.39

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nuruddin Farah ranks 4,388 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Nuruddin Farah ranks 335Before 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.

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In Somalia

Among people born in Somalia, Nuruddin Farah ranks 17 out of 50Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Somalia

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