WRITER

Sadegh Hedayat

1903 - 1951

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Sadegh Hedayat (Persian: صادق هدایت Persian pronunciation: [ˈsɑːdɛq ɛ hɛdɑːˈjæt] ; 17 February 1903 – 9 April 1951) was an Iranian writer and translator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sadegh Hedayat has received more than 410,922 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Sadegh Hedayat is the 1,316th most popular writer (up from 1,397th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Iran (down from 159th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Iranian Writer.

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  • 410k

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  • 59.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sadegh Hedayat ranks 1,316 out of 7,302. Before him are Marcus Garvey, Hunter S. Thompson, Bei Dao, Khaled al-Asaad, Matteo Bandello, and Ubertino of Casale. After him are Rasul Gamzatov, Zachris Topelius, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Khaqani, Anthony Bourdain, and Lee Child.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Sadegh Hedayat ranks 70. Before him are Raymond Radiguet, Tamam Shud case, Louis Leakey, Irving Stone, Erskine Caldwell, and Joan Robinson. After him are Fritz Bauer, Waldemar Hoven, Kim Chaek, Maria Reiche, Johannes Heesters, and Henry Corbin. Among people deceased in 1951, Sadegh Hedayat ranks 31. Before him are Oswald Pohl, William Randolph Hearst, Princess Milica of Montenegro, Charles G. Dawes, Andrei Platonov, and Empress Teimei. After him are Princess Hélène of Orléans, Kim Chaek, Émile Chartier, Erich Naumann, Élie Cartan, and Willem Mengelberg.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Sadegh Hedayat ranks 168 out of 631. Before him are Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543), Ashraf Pahlavi (1919), Abbas Mirza (1789), Phraates V (-100), Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897), and Vologases III of Parthia (100). After him are Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1942), Jafar Panahi (1960), Harpagus (-700), Tiridates I of Armenia (null), Mehdi Bazargan (1907), and Shaul Mofaz (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Sadegh Hedayat ranks 17. Before him are Attar of Nishapur (1145), Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724), Magtymguly Pyragy (1733), Ali Shariati (1933), Forough Farrokhzad (1935), and Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543). After him are Baba Tahir (947), Táhirih (1817), Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125), Hamdallah Mustawfi (1281), Daqiqi (1000), and Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906).

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