WRITER

Orhan Kemal

1914 - 1970

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Orhan Kemal (15 September 1914 – 2 June 1970) is the pen name of Turkish novelist Mehmet Reşit Öğütçü. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Orhan Kemal has received more than 60,778 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Orhan Kemal is the 4,330th most popular writer (down from 3,980th in 2019), the 903rd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 971st in 2019) and the 112th most popular Turkish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 61k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Orhan Kemal ranks 4,330 out of 7,302. Before him are Lygia Fagundes Telles, Louise-Victorine Ackermann, Mordecai Richler, Herbert Achternbusch, Dorothee Sölle, and Franciszek Karpiński. After him are Winston Graham, Helen Prejean, Breyten Breytenbach, Ruth Westheimer, Maksim Tank, and Connie Willis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Orhan Kemal ranks 244. Before him are Krishan Chander, Jack Cardiff, Hermínio de Brito, Helen Johns, William Phillips, and Adolf Urban. After him are Sven Jacobsson, John Ireland, Oscar Heisserer, Renato Olmi, Jaap Bakema, and Zainul Abedin. Among people deceased in 1970, Orhan Kemal ranks 175. Before him are Conrad Nagel, Rube Goldberg, James B. Donovan, Vince Lombardi, Abdelaziz Ben Tifour, and Konstantinos Tsaldaris. After him are Pierre Mac Orlan, Alfréd Rényi, Julius Pokorny, István Kozma, Kiichiro Higuchi, and Arne Nyberg.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Orhan Kemal ranks 903 out of 1,347. Before him are Leontia Porphyrogenita (457), Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907), Theodore of Tarsus (602), Hamit Kaplan (1934), Uğur Mumcu (1942), and Ekrem İmamoğlu (1970). After him are Simeon the Holy Fool (522), Dilan Yeşilgöz (1977), Photius II of Constantinople (1874), Pythodorida of Pontus (-30), Osman Nuri Topbaş (1942), and Ahmet Altan (1950).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Orhan Kemal ranks 112. Before him are Cemal Süreya (1931), Musa Anter (1920), George Kodinos (1350), Adalet Ağaoğlu (1929), Theodore Abu Qurrah (750), and Uğur Mumcu (1942). After him are Osman Nuri Topbaş (1942), Ahmet Altan (1950), Yervant Odian (1869), Turan Dursun (1934), Hranush Arshagyan (1887), and Ayşe Kulin (1941).

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