WRITER

Yasmina Khadra

1955 - Today

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Mohammed Moulessehoul (Arabic: محمد مولسهول; born 10 January 1955), better known by the pen name Yasmina Khadra (Arabic: ياسمينة خضراء), is an Algerian author living in France, who writes in French. One of the most famous Algerian novelists in the world, he has written almost 40 novels, and has published in more than 50 countries. Khadra has often explored Algerian and other Arab countries' civil wars, depicting Muslim conflicts and reality, the attraction of radical Islamism to those alienated by the incompetence and hypocrisy of politicians, and conflicts between East and West. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasmina Khadra has received more than 243,439 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Yasmina Khadra is the 3,160th most popular writer (down from 2,903rd in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 80th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Algerian Writer.

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  • 52.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yasmina Khadra ranks 3,160 out of 7,302Before him are Janosch, Buddhadasa, Jacob Israël de Haan, Bronisława Wajs, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, and Jan Gruter. After him are Henry Kuttner, Uwe Johnson, Edgar Hilsenrath, Suryakant Tripathi, Eutychius of Alexandria, and Yakov Perelman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Yasmina Khadra ranks 171Before him are Thomas Newman, Timothy Garton Ash, Herbert Prohaska, William Forsythe, Steve Berry, and Thierry Breton. After him are Kate Mulgrew, Philippe Streiff, Paul Greengrass, Alan Sokal, Alberto Iglesias, and Mike Porcaro.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Yasmina Khadra ranks 94 out of 213Before him are Optatus (400), Rabah Saâdane (1946), Abderrahmane Farès (1911), Idir (1949), Abdelaziz Djerad (1954), and Fernand Bouisson (1874). After him are Alain Chabat (1958), Alain Mimoun (1921), Alexandre Villaplane (1905), Pierre Blanchar (1892), Quintus Lollius Urbicus (150), and Djamel Zidane (1955).

Among WRITERS In Algeria

Among writers born in Algeria, Yasmina Khadra ranks 15Before him are Mohammed Dib (1920), Isaac Alfasi (1013), Al-Busiri (1213), Mouloud Feraoun (1913), Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1578), and Mouloud Mammeri (1917). After him are Boualem Sansal (1949), Emmanuel Roblès (1914), Jean Amrouche (1906), Tahar Djaout (1954), and Jules Roy (1907).