WRITER

Zakaria Tamer

1931 - Today

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Zakaria Tamer (Arabic: زكريا تامر, romanized: Zakariyyā Tāmir; born January 2, 1931), also spelled Zakariya Tamir, is a Syrian short story writer. He is one of the most widely read and translated short story writers of modern Syrian literature, as well as one of the foremost authors of children’s stories in Arabic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zakaria Tamer has received more than 60,052 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Zakaria Tamer is the 4,667th most popular writer (down from 4,294th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Syria (down from 143rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Syrian Writer.

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  • 60k

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  • 55.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zakaria Tamer ranks 4,667 out of 7,302Before him are Hermann Kesten, Andrej Sládkovič, Svatopluk Čech, Igor Newerly, Vishnu Sharma, and Monica Lovinescu. After him are Taylor Caldwell, Süreyya Ağaoğlu, H. C. Artmann, Juan José Arreola, Stephen Baxter, and Elias Khoury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Zakaria Tamer ranks 349Before him are Marshall Applewhite, Anatoli Ilyin, Denise Scott Brown, Ibrahim Biogradlić, Tamara Rylova, and Shuntarō Tanikawa. After him are Louis Pouzin, Tullio Regge, Skeeter Davis, Park Wan-suh, Ferenc Szojka, and Emma Andijewska.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Zakaria Tamer ranks 160 out of 210Before him are Khalid al-Azm (1903), Ali Abdullah Ayyoub (1952), Jamil Mardam Bey (1893), Ila-kabkabu (-1850), Nazik al-Abid (1898), and Ignatius IV of Antioch (1920). After him are Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid (1867), Muhammad Mustafa Mero (1941), Burhan Ghalioun (1945), George Wassouf (1961), Ali Farzat (1951), and Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903).

Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Zakaria Tamer ranks 25Before him are Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855), Francis Marrash (1837), Jacob of Edessa (633), Ameen Rihani (1876), Wafa Sultan (1958), and Rafik Schami (1946). After him are Samar Yazbek (1970), and Dima Khatib (1971).