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Simin Behbahani

1927 - 2014

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Simin Behbahani, her surname also appears as Bihbahani (née Siminbar Khalili; Persian: سیمین بهبهانی; 20 July 1927 – 19 August 2014) was a prominent Iranian contemporary poet, lyricist and activist. She is known for her poems in a ghazal-style of poetic form. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simin Behbahani has received more than 102,470 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Simin Behbahani is the 3,539th most popular writer (down from 3,222nd in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from Iran (down from 256th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Iranian Writer.

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

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  • 4.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Simin Behbahani ranks 3,539 out of 5,755Before her are Johannes Bobrowski, Christopher Hampton, Zora Neale Hurston, Zenta Mauriņa, René Huyghe, and Jalal Al-e-Ahmad. After her are Lina Sandell, Oskar Luts, Sarah Kirsch, Ralph Ellison, Marcin Bielski, and Ayşe Kulin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Simin Behbahani ranks 204Before her are Rachel Roberts, Odvar Nordli, Michael Gielen, Franco Maria Malfatti, Adhemar da Silva, and Herbert Ross. After her are Roger Carel, Gerard K. O'Neill, Werner Liebrich, Theodor Wagner, Charles Pasqua, and Hamed Karoui. Among people deceased in 2014, Simin Behbahani ranks 189Before her are Marco Cé, Jaime Lusinchi, Daniel Boulanger, William R. Pogue, James R. Schlesinger, and The Ultimate Warrior. After her are Valentin Mankin, José Wilker, José Policarpo, Jimi Jamison, Harun Farocki, and Carlos Páez Vilaró.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Simin Behbahani ranks 290 out of 528Before her are Sadeq Khan Zand (1800), Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1906), Mardavij (890), Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi (1935), Anousheh Ansari (1966), and Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923). After her are Masoud Kimiai (1941), Jafar Khan (1800), Timur Shah Durrani (1748), Kamal-ol-molk (1848), Shaun Toub (1963), and Abbas (1944).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Simin Behbahani ranks 42Before her 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). After her are Simin Daneshvar (1921), Kader Abdolah (1954), Iraj Mirza (1874), Bahram Beyzai (1938), Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh (1892), and Bozorg Alavi (1904).