WRITER

Petros Markaris

1937 - Today

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Pétros Márkaris (Greek: Πέτρος Μάρκαρης; born 1 January 1937 in Istanbul) is a Greek writer of detective novels starring the grumpy Athenian police investigator Costas Haritos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petros Markaris has received more than 74,643 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Petros Markaris is the 1,809th most popular writer (down from 1,546th in 2019), the 514th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 528th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 75k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Hellas Channel
2000
Παλιά, πολύ παλιά (Palia, poly palia)
2008
Late-night News
Greece, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
2004
Passenger
Greece, description and travel, Greece, history
2020
Offshore
2016
Άμυνα ζώνης
2001

Page views of Petros Markarises by language

Over the past year Petros Markaris has had the most page views in the with 24,491 views, followed by Spanish (23,936), and Greek (10,907). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (51.64%), Persian (37.27%), and English (23.38%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Petros Markaris ranks 1,809 out of 7,302. Before him are Sanai, Bartolomeo Platina, Alejandra Pizarnik, Philemon, Mir Taqi Mir, and Alberto Manguel. After him are Alfredo M. Bonanno, Theophylact of Ohrid, Martin of Opava, Josep Pla, Agnes Smedley, and Louis-Sébastien Mercier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Petros Markaris ranks 113. Before him are Eugen Doga, Ryutaro Hashimoto, Peter Burke, Monika Ertl, Tsukasa Hosaka, and Steven Berkoff. After him are Alfredo M. Bonanno, Aleksandr Medved, Billy Meier, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Joseph Kobzon, and Hibari Misora.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Petros Markaris ranks 514 out of 1,347. Before him are Archippus (50), Lala Şahin Pasha (1330), Alexios Apokaukos (1250), Theodosius the Cenobiarch (424), Vahide Perçin (1965), and Hanzade Sultan (1609). After him are Diodorus Cronus (-400), Hrant Dink (1954), Anaximenes of Lampsacus (-380), Quadratus of Athens (100), Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha (1838), and Michael Attaleiates (1021).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Petros Markaris ranks 50. Before him are Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873), Adamantios Korais (1748), Oribasius (325), Nicander (-250), Quintus Smyrnaeus (400), and Eustathius of Thessalonica (1101). After him are Quadratus of Athens (100), Hipponax (-600), Mustafa Balel (1945), Zeki Müren (1931), Reşat Nuri Güntekin (1889), and Xenophon of Ephesus (101).

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