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Said Akl

1911 - 2014

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Said Akl (Arabic: سعيد عقل, romanized: Saʿīd ʿAql; 4 July 1911 – 28 November 2014) was a Lebanese poet, philosopher, writer, playwright and language reformer. He is considered one of the most important Lebanese poets of the modern era. He is most famous for his advocacy on behalf of codifying the spoken Lebanese Arabic language as competency distinct from Standard Arabic, to be written in a modern modified Roman script consisting of 36 symbols that he deemed an evolution of the Phoenician alphabet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Said Akl has received more than 173,409 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Said Akl is the 3,774th most popular writer (down from 3,733rd in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 85th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Lebanese Writer.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Said Akl ranks 3,774 out of 7,302. Before him are Adile Sultan, Brendan Behan, Nick Hornby, Mary Renault, Ferdinand Freiligrath, and Friederike Mayröcker. After him are Lucrezia Marinella, Jacob of Serugh, Peter Andreas Heiberg, Charles Simon Favart, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Alf Prøysen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Said Akl ranks 180. Before him are Nagarjun, Viktor Nekrasov, Hédi Amara Nouira, George Seaton, Guido del Mestri, and Kaj Franck. After him are Butterfly McQueen, Kikuko, Princess Takamatsu, Nicolae Kovács, Juan Carlos Zabala, Maurice Schumann, and André Navarra. Among people deceased in 2014, Said Akl ranks 208. Before him are Alice Coachman, Charlie Haden, Rafael Addiego Bruno, Dave Legeno, José Emilio Pacheco, and Simin Behbahani. After him are Ilija Pantelić, François Cavanna, René Burri, Saul Zaentz, Andrew V. McLaglen, and Dennis Frederiksen.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Said Akl ranks 94 out of 145. Before him are Tigran Mansurian (1939), Rashid Karami (1921), Ardem Patapoutian (1967), Steve Kerr (1965), Charles Malik (1906), and Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian (1946). After him are Amal Clooney (1978), Giuseppe Simone Assemani (1686), Elissa (1972), Elie Saab (1964), Julia Boutros (1968), and Mona Hatoum (1952).

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Among WRITERS In Lebanon

Among writers born in Lebanon, Said Akl ranks 9. Before him are Antipater of Sidon (-200), Mikha'il Na'ima (1889), Philo of Byblos (64), Etel Adnan (1925), Butrus al-Bustani (1819), and Charles Malik (1906). After him are Elias Khoury (1948), Sanchuniathon (-150), Wajdi Mouawad (1968), Hanan al-Shaykh (1945), and Joumana Haddad (1970).

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