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Anna Komnene

1083 - 1153

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Anna Komnene (Greek: Ἄννα Κομνηνή, romanized: Ánna Komnēnḗ; 1 December 1083 – 1153), commonly Latinized as Anna Comnena, was a Byzantine Greek historian. She is the author of the Alexiad, an account of the reign of her father, Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos. Her work constitutes the most important primary source of Byzantine history of the late 11th and early 12th centuries, as well as of the early Crusades. Although she is best known as the author of the Alexiad, Anna played an important part in the politics of the time and attempted to depose her brother John II Komnenos as emperor in favour of her husband, Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anna Komnene is the 278th most popular writer (down from 269th in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 113th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Turkish Writer.

Anna Komnene was a Byzantine princess who lived from 1083-1148. She was the daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Empress Irene Doukaina. Anna is most famous for her writings, which include the Alexiad, a history of her father's reign.

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Among writers, Anna Komnene ranks 278 out of 7,302. Before her are Arthur C. Clarke, Quintilian, Elfriede Jelinek, Peter Handke, Gao Xingjian, and Pär Lagerkvist. After her are Vladimir Mayakovsky, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Valmiki, Germaine de Staël, Isabel Allende, and Kenzaburō Ōe.

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Among people born in 1083, Anna Komnene ranks 1. After her are Charles I, Count of Flanders, Ali ibn Yusuf, Uroš I, Grand Prince of Serbia, Qadi Iyad, Viacheslav I of Kiev, and William II, Count of Nevers. Among people deceased in 1153, Anna Komnene ranks 3. Before her are Bernard of Clairvaux, and Pope Eugene III. After her are David I of Scotland, Gampopa, Al-Shahrastani, Bernard de Tremelay, and Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne.

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Among people born in Türkiye, Anna Komnene ranks 130 out of 1,347. Before her are Zeno (425), Rachel (-3500), Enver Pasha (1881), Mustafa IV (1779), Chrysippus (-281), and Julius Nepos (430). After her are İsmet İnönü (1884), Fethullah Gülen (1941), Cassius Dio (155), Proclus (412), Michael III (840), and Justinian II (668).

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Among writers born in Türkiye, Anna Komnene ranks 8. Before her are Ammianus Marcellinus (330), Orhan Pamuk (1952), Constantine VII (905), Anacreon (-570), Lucian (120), and Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60). After her are Giorgos Seferis (1900), Zosimus (460), Novatian (220), Yunus Emre (1240), André Chénier (1762), and Aratus (-315).

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