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Cemal Süreya

1931 - 1990

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Cemâl Süreya (born Cemâlettin Seber; 1931 – 9 January 1990) was a Turkish poet and writer of Kurdish–Zaza descent. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cemal Süreya is the 4,468th most popular writer (down from 4,116th in 2019), the 1,086th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 1,046th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular Turkish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cemal Süreya ranks 4,468 out of 7,302Before him are Gervase of Tilbury, Louis Paul Boon, Michael Morpurgo, Karel Teige, Fedir Bohatyrchuk, and Martin Gray. After him are Marco Girolamo Vida, Mikayil Mushfig, Janko Kráľ, Dumitru Stăniloae, Louis Henri Boussenard, and Albert Ehrenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Cemal Süreya ranks 346Before him are Ichirō Nagai, Alfred Swift, Mady Mesplé, Ivan Toplak, Alvin Ailey, and Yuriy Voynov. After him are František Šafránek, Marino Morettini, Kenny Burrell, Yoshiko Kuga, Lê Khả Phiêu, and Jan Johansson. Among people deceased in 1990, Cemal Süreya ranks 195Before him are Irving Wallace, Erna Berger, Giorgio Ghezzi, Julijans Vaivods, Alexander Men, and Edmond Delfour. After him are Marino Morettini, Juliet Berto, Kenjiro Takayanagi, Walter Bruch, Willy Vandersteen, and Roman Vishniac.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Cemal Süreya ranks 1,086 out of 1,347Before him are Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia (-150), Stephen Lekapenos (901), Orhan Kemal (1914), Halil Pasha (1857), Oppian (101), and Morphia of Melitene (1010). After him are Wasfi Tal (1919), Ahmet Altan (1950), Cadmus of Miletus (-500), Ayşe Kulin (1941), Yaşar Doğu (1913), and Attilâ İlhan (1925).

Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Cemal Süreya ranks 122Before him are Tevfik Fikret (1867), Zabel Sibil Asadour (1863), Alexander of Abonoteichus (105), Adalet Ağaoğlu (1929), Orhan Kemal (1914), and Oppian (101). After him are Ahmet Altan (1950), Ayşe Kulin (1941), Attilâ İlhan (1925), Musa Anter (1920), Levon Shant (1869), and Uğur Mumcu (1942).