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Sohrab Sepehri

1928 - 1980

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Sohrab Sepehri (October 7, 1928 – April 21, 1980; Persian: سهراب سپهری) was a notable Iranian poet and painter. He is considered to be one of the five most famous Iranian poets who have practiced modern poetry alongside Nima Youshij, Ahmad Shamlou, Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, and Forough Farrokhzad. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sohrab Sepehri has received more than 218,113 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Sohrab Sepehri is the 3,105th most popular writer (down from 3,004th in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from Iran (down from 261st in 2019) and the 37th most popular Iranian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Morgh e mohajer
1996
Hasht Ketab
2006
Où est la maison de l'ami?
2005
The Water's Footfall
2005
Où est la maison de l'ami?
2005
Hasht Ketab
2000
Sekiz Kitap
2015
Hemû helbest
2020
The Water's Footfall
2005
Rengin Ölümü ve Yolcu; Secme Siirler
2018

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sohrab Sepehri ranks 3,105 out of 7,302. Before him are José Lezama Lima, Zacharias Werner, Hans Aanrud, Antonio García Gutiérrez, Jean-Christophe Grangé, and Ken Robinson. After him are Cornelis Vreeswijk, Maria Dąbrowska, Steve Berry, Koriun, Abraham Goldfaden, and Olga Bergholz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Sohrab Sepehri ranks 254. Before him are Yevgeny Svetlanov, Alan Sillitoe, Nils Christie, Alexander Gomelsky, Annie Cordy, and Anthony Franciosa. After him are Edgar Schein, Pal Benko, Azlan Shah of Perak, Charles Gray, William Klein, and Pilar Lorengar. Among people deceased in 1980, Sohrab Sepehri ranks 140. Before him are Gastone Nencini, Fatmawati, Andrei Amalrik, David Janssen, Alfred Neubauer, and André Leducq. After him are Boun Oum, John W. McCormack, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Rachel Roberts, Gerhard Hanappi, and Dorothy Day.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Sohrab Sepehri ranks 290 out of 631. Before him are Ali-Morad Khan Zand (1779), Subh-i-Azal (1831), Imad al-Dawla (892), Shirin Neshat (1957), Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), and Sadeq Khan Zand (1800). After him are Mardavij (890), The Iron Sheik (1942), Mehdi Karroubi (1937), Arash (1977), Abbas (1944), and Mohammad Ali Foroughi (1877).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Sohrab Sepehri ranks 37. Before him are Asadi Tusi (999), Abolqasem Lahouti (1887), Saib Tabrizi (1592), Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi (995), Subh-i-Azal (1831), and Mastoureh Ardalan (1805). After him are Kader Abdolah (1954), Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886), Mahmoud Shabestari (1288), Azar Nafisi (1955), Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923), and Ibn Bibi (1250).

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