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Samad Behrangi

1939 - 1967

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Samad Behrangi (Persian: صمد بهرنگی; June 24, 1939 – August 31, 1968) was an Iranian teacher, social activist and critic, folklorist, translator, and short story writer of Iranian Azerbaijani descent. He is famous for his children's books, particularly The Little Black Fish. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samad Behrangi has received more than 98,758 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Samad Behrangi is the 3,036th most popular writer (up from 3,299th in 2019), the 263rd most popular biography from Iran (down from 261st in 2019) and the 35th most popular Iranian Writer.

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  • 99k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Samad Behrangi ranks 3,036 out of 5,755. Before him are Marcel Prévost, William Smith, Gunnar Ekelöf, Takeo Arishima, Boris Polevoy, and Juliette Adam. After him are Marie-Joseph Chénier, Mercedes de Acosta, Viktor Dyk, Emile Habibi, Daniël Heinsius, and Dodie Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Samad Behrangi ranks 221. Before him are Robert Darnton, Patrick Wayne, Jacques Vallée, Néstor Combin, Marie-Claire Blais, and Roy Buchanan. After him are John Tong Hon, Sid Haig, Judy Chicago, Yves Meyer, Janusz Gajos, and Vladimir Durković. Among people deceased in 1967, Samad Behrangi ranks 133. Before him are Otto Erich Deutsch, Li Lisan, Antonio Moreno, Claude Rains, Mischa Elman, and Sydir Kovpak. After him are Julio Baghy, John Nance Garner, Albert Lutuli, Nils von Kantzow, André Cluytens, and Gideon Ståhlberg.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Samad Behrangi ranks 263 out of 528. Before him are Farahnaz Pahlavi (1963), Mithridates V of Parthia (100), Ahmad Qavam (1876), Orodes I of Parthia (-190), Sohrab Sepehri (1928), and Maryam Mirzakhani (1977). After him are Behrouz Vossoughi (1938), Subh-i-Azal (1831), Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886), Shirin Neshat (1957), Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad (985), and Amastrine (-400).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Samad Behrangi ranks 35. Before him are Cassandra Clare (1973), Asadi Tusi (999), Ubayd Zakani (1301), Raffi (1835), Mahmoud Shabestari (1288), and Sohrab Sepehri (1928). After him are Subh-i-Azal (1831), Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886), Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi (995), Anvari (1126), Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), and Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923).

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