WRITER

Sami Frashëri

1850 - 1904

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Sami bey Frashëri (Turkish: Şemseddin Sami Bey; June 1, 1850 – June 18, 1904) or Şemseddin Sâmi was an Ottoman Albanian writer, lexicographer, philosopher, playwright and a prominent figure of the Rilindja Kombëtare, the National Renaissance movement of Albania, together with his two brothers Abdyl and Naim. He also supported Turkish nationalism against its Ottoman counterpart, along with secularism (anti-clericalism or laicism) against theocracy. Frashëri was one of the sons of an impoverished Bey from Frashër (Fraşer during the Ottoman rule) in the District of Përmet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sami Frashëri has received more than 204,663 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Sami Frashëri is the 1,131st most popular writer (up from 1,161st in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Albania (down from 19th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Albanian Writer.

Sami Frashëri is most famous for his poetry. He was a poet, playwright, and translator. He was a part of the Albanian National Awakening.

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  • 200k

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  • 66.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sami Frashëri ranks 1,131 out of 7,302. Before him are Lü Dongbin, Edmund Spenser, John Grisham, August von Kotzebue, Lycophron, and Clément Marot. After him are John Updike, Fredric Brown, Rigas Feraios, Bharata Muni, Saint Gall, and Michel Butor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Sami Frashëri ranks 24. Before him are Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Besarion Jughashvili, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, and César Ritz. After him are Victoriano Huerta, Mikhail Chigorin, William Morris Davis, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, Ivan Vazov, and Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud. Among people deceased in 1904, Sami Frashëri ranks 25. Before him are Lafcadio Hearn, Étienne-Jules Marey, Mathilde Bonaparte, Émile Gallé, Norodom of Cambodia, and Georges Gilles de la Tourette. After him are Alfred von Waldersee, Eduard Hanslick, María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, Nikolay Bobrikov, Vladimir Markovnikov, and Isabella Bird.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Sami Frashëri ranks 22 out of 150. Before him are Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483), Koca Sinan Pasha (1520), Edi Rama (1964), Köprülü Mehmed Pasha (1580), Ismail Qemali (1844), and Mehmet Shehu (1913). After him are Alfred Moisiu (1929), Gentius (-300), Essad Pasha Toptani (1863), Rexhep Meidani (1944), John Koukouzelis (1280), and Karl Thopia (1331).

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Among WRITERS In Albania

Among writers born in Albania, Sami Frashëri ranks 4. Before him are Ismail Kadare (1936), Naim Frashëri (1846), and Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914). After him are Dritëro Agolli (1931), Aleksandër Stavre Drenova (1872), Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (1911), Kostandin Kristoforidhi (1827), Pashko Vasa (1825), Fatos Kongoli (1944), Ndre Mjeda (1866), and Fatos Arapi (1930).

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