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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yusuf Idris has received more than 91,548 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Yusuf Idris is the 3,581st most popular writer (up from 3,844th in 2019), the 444th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 427th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Egyptian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 92k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yusuf Idris ranks 3,581 out of 7,302. Before him are Richard Curtis, Emma Lazarus, Louis Pergaud, Antonio Palomino, Ćamil Sijarić, and Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos. After him are Xanthus, Leonhard Frank, Gunter d'Alquen, Françoise d'Eaubonne, Ishaq ibn Hunayn, and I. A. Richards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Yusuf Idris ranks 218. Before him are Josep Maria Subirachs, Adrián Escudero, Alma Adamkienė, Micheline Bernardini, Greta Andersen, and Roger Carel. After him are Thorkild Hansen, Liane Augustin, Fathima Beevi, John Cranko, John Ashbery, and Jerry Schatzberg. Among people deceased in 1991, Yusuf Idris ranks 131. Before him are Claude Cahen, Mort Shuman, Sanmao, Lea Padovani, Roy Black, and Luis Miró. After him are Viviane Romance, Colleen Dewhurst, Vasco Pratolini, Peggy Ashcroft, Ed Heinemann, and Guy Bourdin.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Yusuf Idris ranks 444 out of 642. Before him are Bat Ye'or (1933), Majida El Roumi (1956), Hafez Ibrahim (1872), Zakaria Mohieddin (1918), Al-Mansur Abu Bakr (1321), and Amasis Painter (-550). After him are Essam El Hadary (1973), Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria (200), Isidore of Alexandria (450), Georges Guétary (1915), Ali Gomaa (1952), and Mahmoud El-Gohary (1938).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Yusuf Idris ranks 46. Before him are C. S. Forester (1899), André Aciman (1951), Malak Hifni Nasif (1886), Doria Shafik (1908), Bat Ye'or (1933), and Hafez Ibrahim (1872). After him are Alaa Al Aswany (1957), Aisha Taymur (1840), Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889), Andrée Chedid (1920), Penelope Delta (1874), and Gamal El-Ghitani (1945).

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