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Abbās al-Aqqād

1889 - 1964

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Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad (Arabic: عباس محمود العقاد, ALA-LC: ‘Abbās Maḥmūd al-‘Aqqād; 28 June 1889 – 12 March 1964) was an Egyptian journalist, poet and literary critic, and member of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo. More precisely, because "his writings cover a broad spectrum, including poetry, criticism, Islamology, history, philosophy, politics, biography, science, and Arabic literature", he is perceived to be a polymath. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abbās al-Aqqād is the 4,170th most popular writer (down from 3,077th in 2019), the 466th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 401st in 2019) and the 47th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abbās al-Aqqād ranks 4,170 out of 7,302. Before him are Edna Ferber, Amado Nervo, Anna Brigadere, Amir Hamzah, Ömer Seyfettin, and Francesco Mario Pagano. After him are Lydia Becker, Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Gyula Illyés, James Allen, John Gower, and Sara Lidman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Abbās al-Aqqād ranks 195. Before him are Emma Asson, Gottfried Fuchs, Zofia Zamenhof, Georg Schrimpf, Erick-Oskar Hansen, and Ronald Fairbairn. After him are Nathan Altman, Willi Baumeister, Kōichi Kido, János Garay, Pearl White, and Richard O'Connor. Among people deceased in 1964, Abbās al-Aqqād ranks 126. Before him are Eugen Varga, Alfred Blalock, Moa Martinson, Adolf Šimperský, Vasily Agapkin, and Ronald Fairbairn. After him are Maurice Farman, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, Anita Malfatti, Adolfo Díaz, Felisberto Hernández, and Reg Parnell.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Abbās al-Aqqād ranks 466 out of 642. Before him are Atom Egoyan (1960), Yusuf Idris (1927), Mustafa Ben Halim (1921), Hassan Shehata (1947), Mohamed M. Atalla (1924), and Richard Anthony (1938). After him are Ali Gomaa (1952), Abdulrahman Fawzi (1909), Taheyya Kariokka (1915), Konstantinos Tsaldaris (1884), Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754), and Khenemetneferhedjet I (-1950).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Abbās al-Aqqād ranks 47. Before him are André Aciman (1951), Georges Schehadé (1905), Hafez Ibrahim (1872), Bat Ye'or (1933), Mohammed Hussein Heikal (1888), and Yusuf Idris (1927). After him are Penelope Delta (1874), Andrée Chedid (1920), Sotion (-250), Alifa Rifaat (1930), Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889), and Magdi Allam (1952).

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