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Said Akl

1911 - 2014

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Said Akl (Arabic: سعيد عقل, Saʿīd ʿAql, also transliterated Saïd Akl, Said Aql and Saeed Akl; 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 160,004 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Said Akl is the 3,746th most popular writer (down from 3,697th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 78th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Lebanese Writer.

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  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Said Akl ranks 3,746 out of 5,755. Before him are Juana de Ibarbourou, Alejandro Casona, Sandra Brown, Ugo Betti, Edgar Hilsenrath, and Arundhati Roy. After him are Norman Manea, Moa Martinson, José Cadalso, David Brin, Harold Russell, and James Krüss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Said Akl ranks 183. Before him are Roy Rogers, Floyd Council, Nagarjun, Xiao Hong, Mutara III Rudahigwa, and Guido del Mestri. After him are Maurice Schumann, Gerhard Stöck, Antonio Guzmán Fernández, Mahmoud Taleghani, Ralph Kirkpatrick, and André Navarra. Among people deceased in 2014, Said Akl ranks 206. Before him are José Emilio Pacheco, Andrew V. McLaglen, Kumba Ialá, Dezső Novák, Vaçe Zela, and Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani. After him are Ian Paisley, Ichirō Nagai, Joel Camargo, Ruby Dee, Julio Abbadie, and Mango.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Said Akl ranks 85 out of 138. Before him are Wadih El Safi (1921), Elie Hobeika (1956), Butrus al-Bustani (1819), Haifa Wehbe (1976), Nancy Ajram (1983), and Mona Hatoum (1952). After him are Ahmad Shukeiri (1908), Steve Kerr (1965), Bashir Shihab II (1767), Giuseppe Simone Assemani (1686), Aram I (1947), and Nadine Labaki (1974).

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Among WRITERS In Lebanon

Among writers born in Lebanon, Said Akl ranks 8. Before him are Amin Maalouf (1949), Antipater of Sidon (-200), Etel Adnan (1925), Philo of Byblos (64), Mikha'il Na'ima (1889), and Butrus al-Bustani (1819). After him are Charles Malik (1906), Elias Khoury (1948), Wajdi Mouawad (1968), Hanan al-Shaykh (1945), and Joumana Haddad (1970).

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