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Yusuf Idris

1927 - 1991

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Yusuf Idris, also Yusif Idris (Arabic: يوسف إدريس) (May 19, 1927 – August 1, 1991) was an Egyptian writer of plays, short stories, and novels. Idris was born in Faqous. He originally trained to be a doctor, studying at the University of Cairo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yusuf Idris has received more than 85,194 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Yusuf Idris is the 3,857th most popular writer (down from 3,538th in 2019), the 429th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 400th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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  • 85k

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  • 49.07

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yusuf Idris ranks 3,857 out of 5,755Before him are Tsubouchi Shōyō, Frik, Françoise d'Eaubonne, Paula Fox, Yashpal, and Frans Michael Franzén. After him are Iwan Bloch, Joachim Ringelnatz, Manuel José Quintana, Runer Jonsson, Peyo Yavorov, and Antanas Baranauskas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Yusuf Idris ranks 223Before him are Fathima Beevi, Jerry Schatzberg, Stuart Rosenberg, William Hickey, Júlio Duarte Langa, and László Paskai. After him are Thanin Kraivichien, Torbjørn Falkanger, Claude Abbes, Eugene Parker, Jarl Kulle, and William Perry. Among people deceased in 1991, Yusuf Idris ranks 134Before him are Vasco Pratolini, Johnny Thunders, Peggy Ashcroft, Ahmet Adnan Saygun, Luis Miró, and Anton Yugov. After him are György Szűcs, Colleen Dewhurst, Elisaveta Bagriana, Robert Motherwell, Jean Langlais, and Nutan.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Yusuf Idris ranks 429 out of 582Before him are Malak Hifni Nasif (1886), Alex Proyas (1963), Menas of Constantinople (null), Pope Theonas of Alexandria (300), Ibrahim Mahlab (1949), and Apion (-30). After him are Abu Ayyub al-Masri (1968), Mahmoud El-Gohary (1938), Hafez Ibrahim (1872), Peter III of Alexandria (500), Sotion (-250), and Pope Theodosius I of Alexandria (450).

Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Yusuf Idris ranks 46Before him are Doria Shafik (1908), Ammonius of Alexandria (300), Farag Foda (1946), Alaa Al Aswany (1957), Malak Hifni Nasif (1886), and Apion (-30). After him are Hafez Ibrahim (1872), Sotion (-250), Andrée Chedid (1920), Penelope Delta (1874), Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889), and Mahmud Taymur (1894).