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Kateb Yacine

1929 - 1989

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Kateb Yacine (Arabic pronunciation: [kæːtb jæːsiːn]; 2 August 1929 or 6 August 1929 – 28 October 1989) was an Algerian writer notable for his novels and plays, both in French and Algerian Arabic, and his advocacy of the Berber cause. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kateb Yacine is the 2,030th most popular writer (down from 1,708th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Algeria (down from 54th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Algerian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kateb Yacine ranks 2,030 out of 7,302. Before him are Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, Otto IV, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, Yehuda Amichai, Elvira Madigan, and Ion of Chios. After him are Antun Vrančić, Aryadeva, Magnus Felix Ennodius, Jane Jacobs, Anne Perry, and Verrius Flaccus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Kateb Yacine ranks 151. Before him are Poul Schlüter, Gaston Glock, Chespirito, Lee Shau-kee, Gabriel Urgebadze, and Christos Sartzetakis. After him are Jacques Deray, Andre Gunder Frank, Filaret, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Tomislav Crnković, and Hélène Carrère d'Encausse. Among people deceased in 1989, Kateb Yacine ranks 85. Before him are Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Nicolás Guillén, Margarete Buber-Neumann, Arseny Tarkovsky, Hibari Misora, and Mihály Lantos. After him are Franz Binder, Sergei Sobolev, Charles Vanel, Vasile Milea, Carlos Puebla, and Albert Bormann.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Kateb Yacine ranks 61 out of 213. Before him are Boualem Sansal (1949), René Viviani (1862), Rabah Madjer (1958), Ali Kafi (1928), Gaston Julia (1893), and Nicole Garcia (1946). After him are Ahmad al-Tijani (1735), Djamila Bouhired (1935), Alphonse Juin (1888), Rachid Taha (1958), Al-Busiri (1213), and Rabah Bitat (1925).

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Among WRITERS In Algeria

Among writers born in Algeria, Kateb Yacine ranks 9. Before him are Hélène Cixous (1937), Bernard-Henri Lévy (1948), Assia Djebar (1936), Marcus Minucius Felix (110), Robert Merle (1908), and Boualem Sansal (1949). After him are Al-Busiri (1213), Isaac Alfasi (1013), Mohammed Dib (1920), Mouloud Feraoun (1913), Yasmina Khadra (1955), and Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1578).

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