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Cigerxwîn

1903 - 1984

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Cigerxwîn or Cegerxwîn (Northern Kurdish pronunciation: [d͡ʒɪgɛɾxwin], Sorani Kurdish: جگەرخوێن; 1903 – 22 October 1984) was a Kurdish writer and poet. He is known to be one of the most influential Kurdish writers and poets in the Kurdistan region of the Middle East, and his work has been renewed for the creation of hundreds of songs and played a crucial role in the preservation of Kurdish cultural heritage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cigerxwîn is the 2,505th most popular writer (down from 2,373rd in 2019), the 796th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 752nd in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Turkish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cigerxwîn ranks 2,505 out of 7,302. Before him are René Crevel, Gennadiy Aygi, Mirra Alfassa, Charles Maturin, Tom Wilson, and Yasushi Inoue. After him are Banana Yoshimoto, Peter of Dusburg, Joyce Meyer, Al-Farazdaq, Pascal Quignard, and Jean Astruc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Cigerxwîn ranks 133. Before him are Walker Evans, Joan Robinson, Dolores Costello, Flaminio Bertoni, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, and Boris Blacher. After him are Vladimir Jankélévitch, Russell Bufalino, Florence Owens Thompson, Khalid al-Azm, Grigori Aleksandrov, and John Wyndham. Among people deceased in 1984, Cigerxwîn ranks 96. Before him are Lee Krasner, Andy Kaufman, Karl-August Fagerholm, Edith Massey, Roland Penrose, and Peter Lawford. After him are Adam Malik, Kevin A. Lynch, Jorge Guillén, Toni Turek, Paul Ben-Haim, and Giuseppe Colombo.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Cigerxwîn ranks 796 out of 1,347. Before him are Dares Phrygius (450), Thoros III, King of Armenia (1270), Rüştü Reçber (1973), Basil III of Constantinople (1846), Nicomedes II of Bithynia (-200), and Ayla Erduran (1934). After him are Manuel Erotikos Komnenos (901), Tevfik Esenç (1904), John VIII of Constantinople (1005), Bohemond V of Antioch (1199), Kemal Sunal (1944), and Laodice I (-300).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Cigerxwîn ranks 73. Before him are Constantine Manasses (1130), Phocylides (-560), Xenophon of Ephesus (101), Zeki Müren (1931), Antiochus Kantemir (1708), and Dares Phrygius (450). After him are John VIII of Constantinople (1005), Chariton (100), Theodore Abu Qurrah (750), Timotheus of Miletus (-450), Polemon I of Pontus (-65), and John of Ephesus (507).

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