WRITER

Samih al-Qasim

1939 - 2014

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Samīħ al-Qāsim al Kaissy (Arabic: سميح القاسم; Hebrew: סמיח אל קאסם; 1939 – August 19, 2014) was a Palestinian poet with Israeli citizenship whose work is well known throughout the Arab world. He was born in Transjordan and later lived in Mandatory Palestine and Israel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samih al-Qasim has received more than 77,486 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Samih al-Qasim is the 3,651st most popular writer (up from 4,416th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Jordan (up from 22nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Jordanian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 77k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sadder Than Water
2006
Victims of a map
Arabic poetry, Translations into English, Poetry anthologies: from c 1900 -
2005
Just an Ashtray
2018
Victims of a Map
Arabic poetry, Translations into English, Other prose: classical, early & medieval
1984
I Need No Permission
1988
All Faces but Mine
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
2015

Page views of Samih al-Qasims by language

Over the past year Samih al-Qasim has had the most page views in the with 33,691 views, followed by English (14,192), and Spanish (2,883). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Spanish (114.19%), French (85.65%), and English (76.47%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Samih al-Qasim ranks 3,651 out of 7,302. Before him are Siegfried Sassoon, Ghada al-Samman, John Ashbery, Felix Timmermans, Driss Chraïbi, and Gonzalo Torrente Ballester. After him are Otfrid of Weissenburg, Farrukhi Sistani, Ilya Ilf, Johan Herman Wessel, Firaq Gorakhpuri, and Guillaume Musso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Samih al-Qasim ranks 276. Before him are Valery Voronin, Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, James Galway, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, A. R. Penck, and Zenon Grocholewski. After him are Giorgio Ferrini, Claudette Colvin, Robert Waseige, Peter Revson, Khin Nyunt, and Oʻtkir Sultonov. Among people deceased in 2014, Samih al-Qasim ranks 198. Before him are Josep Maria Subirachs, Yoshihito, Prince Katsura, Andréa Parisy, Tom Finney, Richard Dürr, and Joel Camargo. After him are Stanisław Mikulski, Louise Brough, György Lázár, Alice Coachman, Charlie Haden, and Rafael Addiego Bruno.

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In Jordan

Among people born in Jordan, Samih al-Qasim ranks 21 out of 59. Before him are Meleager of Gadara (-130), Nayef Hawatmeh (1938), Simon bar Giora (100), Jair (-1000), Zaid ibn Shaker (1934), and Fouad Twal (1940). After him are Abdelsalam Majali (1925), Prince Hassan bin Talal (1947), Abdullah Ensour (1939), Abdul Rahman Munif (1933), Haya bint Hussein (1974), and Mudar Badran (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Jordan

Among writers born in Jordan, Samih al-Qasim ranks 3. Before him are Menippus (-290), and Meleager of Gadara (-130). After him are Abdul Rahman Munif (1933), and Nahed Hattar (1960).

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