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S. Yizhar

1916 - 2006

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Yizhar Smilansky (Hebrew: יִזְהָר סְמִילַנְסְקִי, 27 September 1916 – 21 August 2006), known by his pen name S. Yizhar (ס. יִזְהָר‎), was an Israeli writer and politician. Widely regarded as one of the preeminent figures in Israeli literature, he was awarded the Israel Prize in 1959 for fine literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of S. Yizhar has received more than 46,430 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). S. Yizhar is the 14,101st most popular politician (down from 12,801st in 2019), the 264th most popular biography from Israel (down from 249th in 2019) and the 89th most popular Israeli Politician.

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  • 46k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, S. Yizhar ranks 14,101 out of 15,577Before him are Lucy Webb Hayes, Elisa Ferreira, Jiří Rusnok, Nir Barkat, Miguel Abadía Méndez, and Bill Bradley. After him are Cadwallon ap Cadfan, Abdelmalek Benhabyles, José Azcona del Hoyo, Henrique Capriles, Prosper Avril, and Enrichetta d'Este.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, S. Yizhar ranks 218Before him are Fiorenzo Angelini, Ondina Valla, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, Delio Rodríguez, Damián Iguacén Borau, and Milton Babbitt. After him are Guy Lapébie, Ettore Puricelli, Arie van Vliet, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, Dorothy Cheney, and Karl-Birger Blomdahl. Among people deceased in 2006, S. Yizhar ranks 258Before him are Arthur Lee, Carlo Acutis, Lyubov Polishchuk, Tihomir Ognjanov, Kasey Rogers, and Mario Francesco Pompedda. After him are Jan Twardowski, Hans Berglund, Ted Grant, Valentine Telegdi, Boz Burrell, and Zsuzsa Körmöczy.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, S. Yizhar ranks 264 out of 430Before him are Eran Zahavi (1987), Tony Cliff (1917), Benny Morris (1948), Yossi Sarid (1940), Ruth Arnon (1933), and Nir Barkat (1959). After him are Ilanit (1947), Hany Abu-Assad (1961), Yardena Arazi (1951), Ayelet Shaked (1976), Gideon Levy (1953), and Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (1944).

Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, S. Yizhar ranks 89Before him are Suha Arafat (1963), Joan of Acre (1272), Esther Hayut (1953), Yossi Beilin (1948), Yossi Sarid (1940), and Nir Barkat (1959). After him are Ayelet Shaked (1976), Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (1944), Yaakov Neeman (1939), Israel Katz (1955), Avraham Burg (1955), and Merav Michaeli (1966).