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 108,454 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Sait Faik Abasıyanık is the 2,701st most popular writer (down from 2,159th in 2019), the 670th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 686th in 2019) and the 81st most popular Turkish Writer.

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  • 60.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sait Faik Abasıyanık ranks 2,701 out of 7,302. Before him are Yi Kwang-su, Juliette Adam, George Tabori, Maximilian Voloshin, Oscar Cullmann, and Moses ibn Ezra. After him are Max Gallo, Yury Yakovlev, Marianne Fredriksson, Fernand Crommelynck, Artur Lundkvist, and Etel Adnan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Sait Faik Abasıyanık ranks 147. Before him are Edward Ochab, Samad Vurgun, Wilhelm Boger, Joan Hickson, Eraldo Monzeglio, and Francis Hong Yong-ho. After him are Artur Lundkvist, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Vitaly Abalakov, Alexander Gode, Pietro Serantoni, and H. C. Hansen. Among people deceased in 1954, Sait Faik Abasıyanık ranks 67. Before him are José Millán-Astray, Fritz London, Prince Ernst of Hohenberg, Mikimoto Kōkichi, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, and Onofre Marimón. After him are Friedrich Meinecke, Wilhelm Brückner, Frans G. Bengtsson, Henri Laurens, Édouard Le Roy, and M. N. Roy.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Sait Faik Abasıyanık ranks 670 out of 1,347. Before him are Iaia (-100), Wasfi Tal (1919), Evodius (50), Bryaxis (-400), Maximus of Ephesus (310), and Halil Kut (1882). After him are Baltacı Mehmet Pasha (1662), Ferdi Tayfur (1945), Alexander Ypsilantis (1726), Constantine Ypsilantis (1760), Hülya Avşar (1963), and Saint Pothinus (87).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Sait Faik Abasıyanık ranks 81. Before him are Theodore Prodromos (1115), Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil (1865), Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676), Aristeas (-600), Cleitarchus (-400), and Idris Bitlisi (1452). After him are Theodore Balsamon (1140), Fatma Aliye Topuz (1862), Phlegon of Tralles (200), Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (1914), Zülfü Livaneli (1946), and Arctinus of Miletus (-800).

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