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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. S. Yizhar is the 13,858th most popular politician (up from 14,052nd in 2019), the 270th most popular biography from Israel (down from 261st in 2019) and the 95th most popular Israeli Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 46k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of S. Yizhars by language

Over the past year S. Yizhar has had the most page views in the with 11,602 views, followed by English (6,757), and German (1,789). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Danish (109.86%), English (46.07%), and Galician (31.43%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, S. Yizhar ranks 13,858 out of 19,576Before him are José María Castro Madriz, Constantin Coandă, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, Shah Jahan II, and Zinovios Valvis. After him are Agum III, Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of León and Castile, Erkki Tuomioja, Imata Kabua, Jeremy Thorpe, and Elise Richter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, S. Yizhar ranks 185Before him are Lou Thesz, Van Johnson, Pierre Emmanuel, Ralph Nelson, David Douglas Duncan, and Josef Gauchel. After him are Rong Yiren, Bernard Heuvelmans, Runer Jonsson, Dinah Shore, Charles Kittel, and Yasuji Miyazaki. Among people deceased in 2006, S. Yizhar ranks 218Before him are Hans Berglund, Karl Hugo Strunz, Tihomir Ognjanov, Lou Rawls, Jeane Kirkpatrick, and Oskar Pastior. After him are Don Knotts, Runer Jonsson, Zdravko Rajkov, Said Mohamed Djohar, Hilde Domin, and Betty Curtis.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, S. Yizhar ranks 270 out of 466Before him are Oded Fehr (1970), Yossi Sarid (1940), Miri Regev (1965), Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas (1843), Yoram Globus (1943), and Mustafa Barghouti (1954). After him are Amotz Zahavi (1928), Moshe Kahlon (1960), Ruth Arnon (1933), Armand Amar (1953), Carmela Corren (1938), and Zeruya Shalev (1959).

Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, S. Yizhar ranks 95Before him are Avi Dichter (1952), Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (1944), Yaakov Neeman (1939), Joan of Acre (1272), Yossi Sarid (1940), and Miri Regev (1965). After him are Moshe Kahlon (1960), Avraham Burg (1955), Ora Namir (1930), Eli Cohen (1972), Uri Ariel (1952), and Merav Michaeli (1966).