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WRITER

Sait Faik Abasıyanık

1906 - 1954

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Sait Faik Abasıyanık (18 November 1906 – 11 May 1954) was one of the greatest Turkish writers of short stories and poetry and considered an important literary figure of the 1940s. He created a brand new style in Turkish literature and brought new life to Turkish short story writing with his harsh but humanistic portrayals of labourers, fishermen, children, the unemployed, and the poor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sait Faik Abasıyanık has received more than 99,542 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Sait Faik Abasıyanık is the 2,166th most popular writer (down from 2,133rd in 2019), the 688th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 653rd in 2019) and the 68th most popular Turkish Writer.

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  • 54.52

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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sait Faik Abasıyanık ranks 2,166 out of 5,755Before him are Oscar Milosz, Cigerxwîn, Phocylides, Magnús Scheving, Theodore Sturgeon, and Edwin Abbott Abbott. After him are René Crevel, José-Maria de Heredia, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, Justus of Tiberias, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, and Movses Kaghankatvatsi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Sait Faik Abasıyanık ranks 124Before him are Philo Farnsworth, Jean Dieudonné, Mary Astor, Princess Anne of Orléans, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, and Anton Karas. After him are Vitaly Abalakov, Franz Waxman, Tuvia Bielski, Jacques Pills, Yasuo Haruyama, and Lilian Harvey. Among people deceased in 1954, Sait Faik Abasıyanık ranks 52Before him are Wilhelm Schmidt, Robert H. Jackson, Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, Theodor Kaluza, James Hilton, and Fritz London. After him are Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria, Yehuda Ashlag, Onofre Marimón, Frans G. Bengtsson, Ahmed Nihad, and Emil Leon Post.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Sait Faik Abasıyanık ranks 688 out of 1,301Before him are Aulus Licinius Archias (-121), Agatharchides (-208), Bâkî (1526), Sittişah Hatun (1435), Cigerxwîn (1903), and Phocylides (-560). After him are Archelaus of Cappadocia (-50), Theodosius the Cenobiarch (424), Mehmed Orhan (1909), Cleitarchus (-400), Kâzım Karabekir (1882), and Theodore I Palaiologos (1355).

Among WRITERS In Turkey

Among writers born in Turkey, Sait Faik Abasıyanık ranks 68Before him are Marcellinus Comes (450), Nihal Atsız (1905), Quadratus of Athens (100), Bâkî (1526), Cigerxwîn (1903), and Phocylides (-560). After him are Cleitarchus (-400), Phlegon of Tralles (200), Theodore Prodromos (1115), Zabel Yesayan (1878), Dares Phrygius (450), and Michael Choniates (1140).