WRITER

Ghassan Kanafani

1936 - 1972

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Ghassan Fayiz Kanafani (Arabic: غسان فايز كنفاني‎; 8 April 1936 – 8 July 1972) was a prominent Palestinian author and militant, considered to be a leading novelist of his generation and one of the Arab world's leading Palestinian writers. Kanafani's works have been translated into more than 17 languages. Kanafani was born in Acre, Mandatory Palestine in 1936. During the 1948 Palestine war, his family was forced out of their hometown by Zionist militias. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ghassan Kanafani is the 993rd most popular writer (down from 878th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Israel (down from 109th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Israeli Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ghassan Kanafani ranks 993 out of 7,302. Before him are Lawrence Durrell, Taha Hussein, Jacques Hébert, Hartmann von Aue, Sherwood Anderson, and Joachim du Bellay. After him are Vasily Zhukovsky, Branislav Nušić, Thomas Wolfe, Wilbur Smith, John Grisham, and Joost van den Vondel.

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Among people born in 1936, Ghassan Kanafani ranks 59. Before him are Frank Caprio, Vyjayanthimala Bali, Raymond Damadian, Choummaly Sayasone, Glenda Jackson, and Hideki Shirakawa. After him are Costas Simitis, Don Cherry, Eva Hesse, Denny Hulme, Steve Reich, and Abdul Qadeer Khan. Among people deceased in 1972, Ghassan Kanafani ranks 34. Before him are Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Erhard Milch, Heinrich Lübke, Erwin Bowien, Henri Coandă, and Margaret Rutherford. After him are Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Jackie Robinson, Antonio Segni, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Emil Maurice, and Lale Andersen.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Ghassan Kanafani ranks 115 out of 466. Before him are Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi (1947), Itzhak Perlman (1945), Abu Nidal (1937), Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (1167), Isaac Luria (1534), and Philip the Evangelist (100). After him are Aristobulus II (-100), Arieh Warshel (1940), Judah ha-Nasi (135), Antiochus of Ascalon (-130), David Grossman (1954), and Barak (null).

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Among WRITERS In Israel

Among writers born in Israel, Ghassan Kanafani ranks 5. Before him are John the Evangelist (10), Amos Oz (1939), Mahmoud Darwish (1941), and Edward Said (1935). After him are David Grossman (1954), A. B. Yehoshua (1936), Emile Habibi (1922), Justus of Tiberias (35), Ahron Daum (1951), May Ziade (1886), and Etgar Keret (1967).

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