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Elif Shafak

1971 - Today

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Elif Shafak (Turkish: Elif Şafak [eˈlif ʃaˈfak]; née Bilgin; born 25 October 1971) is a Turkish-British novelist, essayist, public speaker, political scientist, and activist. Shafak writes in Turkish and English, and has published 21 books. She is best known for her novels, which include The Bastard of Istanbul, The Forty Rules of Love, Three Daughters of Eve, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, and The Island of Missing Trees. Her works have been translated into 57 languages and have been nominated for several literary awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elif Shafak is the 1,141st most popular writer (up from 1,825th in 2019), the 1,302nd most popular biography from France (up from 2,077th in 2019) and the 166th most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elif Shafak ranks 1,141 out of 7,302. Before her are Stobaeus, Zhuanxu, Catherine de Bourbon, David Lodge, Johanna Schopenhauer, and Sarojini Naidu. After her are Jean Moréas, Alain-Fournier, Rosalía de Castro, John Dickson Carr, Andrei Bely, and Jussi Adler-Olsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Elif Shafak ranks 22. Before her are Vitali Klitschko, Jonathan Ke Quan, Idina Menzel, Sean Baker, Julian Assange, and Niko Kovač. After her are Ricky Martin, Snoop Dogg, Ma Dong-seok, Jari Litmanen, Dolores O'Riordan, and Fabien Barthez.

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In France

Among people born in France, Elif Shafak ranks 1,302 out of 6,770. Before her are André Maginot (1877), Raymond Poulidor (1936), Georges Prêtre (1924), Gustave Charpentier (1860), André Weil (1906), and John III of Navarre (1477). After her are Philip, Duke of Orléans (1336), Armand David (1826), Alain-Fournier (1886), Henri Désiré Landru (1869), Maurice Thorez (1900), and Adela of France (1009).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Elif Shafak ranks 166. Before her are Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737), Gottfried von Strassburg (1180), Paul Bourget (1852), Michel Tournier (1924), Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838), and Catherine de Bourbon (1559). After her are Alain-Fournier (1886), Jean-François Marmontel (1723), Marcel Pagnol (1895), Comtessa de Dia (1175), Jean de Joinville (1224), and Michel Butor (1926).

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