WRITER

Oğuz Atay

1934 - 1977

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Oğuz Atay (12 October 1934 – 13 December 1977) was a Turkish novelist. His first novel, Tutunamayanlar ('The Disconnected'), appeared in 1971–72. Never reprinted in his lifetime and controversial among critics, it has become a best-seller since a new edition came out in 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oğuz Atay has received more than 109,778 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Oğuz Atay is the 4,628th most popular writer, the 938th most popular biography from Türkiye and the 121st most popular Turkish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Oğuz Atay ranks 4,628 out of 7,302. Before him are Staka Skenderova, Eugenio Espejo, Łukasz Górnicki, Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, Friedrich von Hagedorn, and James Agee. After him are Adam Asnyk, Alexander McCall Smith, Ludwig Bechstein, Nancy Huston, W. S. Gilbert, and Molla Vali Vidadi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Oğuz Atay ranks 327. Before him are Kamala Surayya, Tonina Torrielli, Jayakanthan, Amiri Baraka, Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, and Elżbieta Krzesińska. After him are May-Louise Flodin, Gotlib, Mahmut Atalay, Canário, Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, and Martin Bangemann. Among people deceased in 1977, Oğuz Atay ranks 175. Before him are Johann Nepomuk David, Florence Vidor, Peter Carl Goldmark, Arnold Bode, Rodolfo Walsh, and Robert Lowell. After him are Ibrahim al-Hamdi, Sid Atkinson, Georges Grignard, Zero Mostel, Gary Gilmore, and André Labatut.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Oğuz Atay ranks 938 out of 1,347. Before him are Panyassis (-500), John Kourkouas (null), Germanus V of Constantinople (1835), Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan (1852), Hasan Saka (1885), and Afife Jale (1902). After him are Levon Shant (1869), Mahmut Atalay (1934), Taner Akçam (1953), Ergin Ataman (1966), Zabel Sibil Asadour (1863), and Murat Yıldırım (1979).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Oğuz Atay ranks 121. Before him are Yervant Odian (1869), Turan Dursun (1934), Hranush Arshagyan (1887), Ayşe Kulin (1941), Panyassis (-500), and Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan (1852). After him are Levon Shant (1869), Zabel Sibil Asadour (1863), Ahmet Mithat (1844), Nigâr Hanım (1856), Zahrad (1924), and Bedros Tourian (1851).

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