WRITER

Sahar Khalifeh

1941 - Today

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Sahar Khalifeh (Arabic: سحر خليفة) (born 1941) is a Palestinian writer. She has written eleven novels, which have been translated into English, French, Hebrew, German, Spanish, and many other languages. One of her best-known works is the novel Wild Thorns (1976). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sahar Khalifeh has received more than 47,637 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Sahar Khalifeh is the 4,178th most popular writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 48k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Wild Thorns
Palestinian Arabs, Fiction, Arab-Israeli conflict
1985
Ṣabbār
Modern fiction, General, Fiction
1976
Wild Thorns
1999
The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant
Arabic fiction, Arabic literature, Fiction, religious
2002
The Inheritance
Children of interfaith marriage, Palestinian Americans, Identity
2005
The End of Spring
Fiction, political, Fiction, historical, Palestine, fiction
2007

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sahar Khalifeh ranks 4,178 out of 7,302. Before her are Conrad Aiken, Vassilis Alexakis, Olav Duun, Carolina Coronado, Philoxenus of Mabbug, and Lydia Chukovskaya. After her are Rachid Boudjedra, Miyamoto Yuriko, René Depestre, Leigh Brackett, Louise Erdrich, and William Langland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Sahar Khalifeh ranks 348. Before her are Bo Svenson, Ed Roberts, Pepetela, Pete Rose, Rina Zaripova, and Tatyana Kuznetsova. After her are Rachid Boudjedra, Derek Bell, Jigjidiin Mönkhbat, Ewa Demarczyk, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, and Alberto Mario González.

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