WRITER

Bahaa Taher

1935 - 2022

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Bahaa Taher (Arabic: بهاء طاهر; 13 January 1935 – 27 October 2022), sometimes transliterated as Bahaa Tahir, Baha Taher, or Baha Tahir, was an Egyptian novelist and short story writer who wrote in Arabic. He was awarded the inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bahaa Taher is the 5,689th most popular writer (down from 5,273rd in 2019), the 535th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 523rd in 2019) and the 57th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bahaa Taher ranks 5,689 out of 7,302. Before him are Charles Allston Collins, Lars Ahlin, Jean-Paul Dubois, William Boyd, Frank Belknap Long, and Otokar Březina. After him are Michio Mado, George William Russell, Dan Pagis, Darya Dontsova, T. C. Boyle, and Natalena Koroleva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Bahaa Taher ranks 441. Before him are Charles Grimes, Alberto Mariotti, Daniel Quinn, Gerald R. Molen, Lucile Wheeler, and Paul A. Rothchild. After him are Leonel Mário d'Alva, Jorge Griffa, María Galiana, Héctor Hernández, Assar Rönnlund, and Patricia Bredin. Among people deceased in 2022, Bahaa Taher ranks 499. Before him are Takeoff, Robert Morse, Margot Eskens, Clu Gulager, Yuri Shatunov, and Ezekiel Alebua. After him are Wolfgang Fahrian, Alexei Panshin, Manuel Muñoz, Douglas Trumbull, Philip Waruinge, and Raffaele La Capria.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Bahaa Taher ranks 535 out of 642. Before him are Aly Lotfy Mahmoud (1935), Avi Cohen (1956), Pope Julian of Alexandria (200), Maggie Gobran (1949), Mohamed Elneny (1992), and Mido (1983). After him are Atef Sedky (1930), Penelope Lively (1933), Mohamed Ali Rashwan (1956), Ahmed al-Senussi (1933), Karim Rashid (1960), and Mohamed Latif (1909).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Bahaa Taher ranks 57. Before him are Alifa Rifaat (1930), Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (1889), Magdi Allam (1952), Latifa al-Zayyat (1923), Mahmud Taymur (1894), and Gamal El-Ghitani (1945). After him are Penelope Lively (1933), Karim Rashid (1960), Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892), Leila Aboulela (1964), and Mona Eltahawy (1967).

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