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Etel Adnan

1925 - 2021

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Etel Adnan (Arabic: إيتيل عدنان; 24 February 1925 – 14 November 2021) was a Lebanese-American poet, essayist, and visual artist. In 2003, Adnan was named "arguably the most celebrated and accomplished Arab American author writing today" by the academic journal MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States. In addition to her literary output, Adnan made visual works in a variety of media, such as oil paintings, films and tapestries, which have been exhibited in galleries and museums across the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Etel Adnan is the 2,264th most popular writer (up from 2,706th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 71st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Lebanese Writer.

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Among writers, Etel Adnan ranks 2,264 out of 7,302. Before her are Thor Vilhjálmsson, Krishna Sobti, Abraham Sutzkever, Francesc Eiximenis, Herman Bang, and Ibn Taghribirdi. After her are Thomas Wyatt, Horacio Quiroga, Colin Wilson, Erin Hunter, Janus Pannonius, and Matthew Arnold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Etel Adnan ranks 153. Before her are Brian Aldiss, Louis Nirenberg, René Moawad, Ana María Matute, Thor Vilhjálmsson, and Krishna Sobti. After her are Jørgen Ingmann, Giovanni Spadolini, Rabah Bitat, Serge Moscovici, Pavel Belyayev, and Bob Hastings. Among people deceased in 2021, Etel Adnan ranks 169. Before her are Charles Grodin, Humberto Maturana, Renée Simonot, Christian Boltanski, Dusty Hill, and Vladimir Menshov. After her are Borisav Jović, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, Bob Dole, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jaan Kaplinski, and Nelson Freire.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Etel Adnan ranks 63 out of 145. Before her are Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian (1946), Fuad Chehab (1902), Suleiman Frangieh (1910), Marinus of Tyre (100), René Moawad (1925), and Nicolas Hayek (1928). After her are Selim Hoss (1929), Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1920), Imad Mughniyah (1962), Philo of Byblos (64), Callinicus of Heliopolis (700), and Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i (707).

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Among WRITERS In Lebanon

Among writers born in Lebanon, Etel Adnan ranks 4. Before her are Khalil Gibran (1883), Amin Maalouf (1949), and Antipater of Sidon (-200). After her are Philo of Byblos (64), Butrus al-Bustani (1819), Mikha'il Na'ima (1889), Charles Malik (1906), Elias Khoury (1948), Said Akl (1911), Sanchuniathon (-150), and Wajdi Mouawad (1968).

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