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WRITER

Saken Seifullin

1894 - 1938

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Saken Seifullin (Kazakh: Сәкен (Сәдуақас) Сейфуллин, Säken (Säduaqas) Seifullin; 15 October 1894 – 25 April 1938) was a pioneer of modern Kazakh literature, poet and writer, and national activist. He was the founder and first head of the Union of Writers of Kazakhstan, he was the author of controversial literature calling for greater independence of Kazakhs from Soviet and Russian power. He met repression and was executed in 1938. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saken Seifullin has received more than 33,822 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Saken Seifullin is the 2,889th most popular writer, the 35th most popular biography from Kazakhstan and the 5th most popular Kazakhstani Writer.

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  • 51.95

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Saken Seifullin ranks 2,889 out of 5,755Before him are Uwe Johnson, Gérard de Villiers, Vicente Huidobro, Jan Luyken, August Šenoa, and Cornelius Ryan. After him are Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Paula von Preradović, Pierre Gringore, John Ford, José Donoso, and Marcellus of Ancyra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Saken Seifullin ranks 121Before him are Évariste Lévi-Provençal, Augustín Malár, Pavel Rybalko, Âşık Veysel, Werner March, and Khawaja Nazimuddin. After him are J. B. Priestley, Henry Hazlitt, Riad Al Solh, Boris Pilnyak, Carlos Luz, and Surya Sen. Among people deceased in 1938, Saken Seifullin ranks 108Before him are Ernest William Brown, John Flanagan, Ramón Franco, Hovhannes Kajaznuni, Otto Warburg, and Gustav Klutsis. After him are Miguel Cabanellas, Maurice Emmanuel, Marie-Joseph Lagrange, Lampião, Jānis Rudzutaks, and Boris Pilnyak.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Saken Seifullin ranks 35 out of 154Before him are Rashid Nezhmetdinov (1912), Mustafa Shokay (1890), Manshuk Mametova (1922), Wladimir Klitschko (1976), Askar Mamin (1965), and Dariga Nazarbayeva (1963). After him are Khiuaz Dospanova (1922), Nina Lobkovskaya (1925), Alu Alkhanov (1957), Alexander Dutov (1864), Talgat Musabayev (1951), and Karim Massimov (1965).

Among WRITERS In Kazakhstan

Among writers born in Kazakhstan, Saken Seifullin ranks 5Before him are Ahmad Yasawi (1103), Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845), Ybyrai Altynsarin (1841), and Mukaghali Makatayev (1931). After him are Alexander Volkov (1891), Sergei Lukyanenko (1968), and Alexander Kazantsev (1906).