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Taha Hussein

1889 - 1973

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Taha Hussein (Egyptian Arabic: [ˈtˤɑːhɑ ħ(e)ˈseːn], Arabic: طه حسين; November 15, 1889 – October 28, 1973) was one of the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a figurehead for the Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taha Hussein has received more than 643,633 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Taha Hussein is the 941st most popular writer (up from 1,001st in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 165th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Egyptian Writer.

Taha Hussein is best known for his autobiographical work, The Days, which tells the story of his life from his birth in 1883 to his death in 1973.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Taha Hussein ranks 941 out of 5,755. Before him are Felix Salten, Charles Nodier, Ahmed Deedat, Vinicius de Moraes, Marshall Rosenberg, and Tannhäuser. After him are John Fowles, Emanuel Schikaneder, Etty Hillesum, Aristarchus of Samothrace, Klaus Ebner, and Aron Nimzowitsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Taha Hussein ranks 36. Before him are Mercédès Jellinek, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Walter Lippmann, Abel Gance, and Zalman Shazar. After him are Günther Lütjens, Philip Noel-Baker, Hannes Kolehmainen, Hannes Meyer, Olave Baden-Powell, and Frank Lentini. Among people deceased in 1973, Taha Hussein ranks 49. Before him are Ingeborg Bachmann, François Cevert, Edward G. Robinson, Howard H. Aiken, Gerard Kuiper, and Frank Costello. After him are Emmy Göring, W. H. Auden, Otto Klemperer, Robert Siodmak, Alan Watts, and E. E. Evans-Pritchard.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Taha Hussein ranks 173 out of 582. Before him are Sa'id of Egypt (1822), Hetepheres I (-2700), Intef II (-2150), Apepi (-1600), Bintanath (-1300), and Cleopatra Selene of Syria (-130). After him are John Philoponus (490), Hussein Kamel of Egypt (1853), Neferirkare Kakai (-2483), Saadia Gaon (882), Cleopatra Thea (-164), and Al-Mutawakkil III (1500).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Taha Hussein ranks 12. Before him are Lactantius (250), Constantine P. Cavafy (1863), Athenaeus (200), Claudian (370), Nonnus (500), and Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190). After him are Dionysius Thrax (-170), Achilles Tatius (200), Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888), Ahmed Shawqi (1868), Herodas (-300), and Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928).

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