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Leyla Erbil

1931 - 2013

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Leyla Erbil (12 January 1931 – 19 July 2013) was a Turkish writer. She was one of the leading female contemporary writers of Turkey, author of six novels, three collections of short stories and a book of essays. She was the first Turkish female writer to be nominated for a Nobel Prize in Literature by PEN International in 2002. Erbil was a co-founder of the Union of Turkish Artists and the Writers Syndicate of Turkey. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leyla Erbil is the 5,273rd most popular writer (up from 5,777th in 2019), the 1,163rd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,218th in 2019) and the 137th most popular Turkish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Leyla Erbil ranks 5,273 out of 7,302. Before her are Athenaeus Mechanicus, Lise Nørgaard, August Jakobson, Viktoriya Tokareva, Hans Christian Branner, and José Luandino Vieira. After her are Kitamura Tokoku, Henry Roth, John Hersey, Mihály Csokonai, Aubrey de Grey, and Elizabeth Hawley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Leyla Erbil ranks 445. Before her are Charlie Logg, Suchitra Sen, Chuck Feeney, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Ursula Donath, and Hal Connolly. After her are Gavin MacLeod, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Paolo Portoghesi, Henry Källgren, Mary L. Good, and Zoltán Latinovits. Among people deceased in 2013, Leyla Erbil ranks 359. Before her are Imants Ziedonis, Bert Stern, Allal Benkassou, María de Villota, Steve Forrest, and Renato Ruggiero. After her are Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Helen Thomas, Raimondo D'Inzeo, Aleksandar Kozlina, Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, and John Eisenhower.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Leyla Erbil ranks 1,163 out of 1,347. Before her are Demet Özdemir (1992), Mehmet Günsür (1975), Stefanos Skouloudis (1838), Cüneyt Çakır (1976), Murat Yıldırım (1979), and Athenaeus Mechanicus (-200). After her are Bülent Arınç (1948), Genco Gulan (1969), Zahrad (1924), Mateja Matevski (1929), Mustafa Ertan (1926), and Evagrius of Constantinople (350).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Leyla Erbil ranks 137. Before her are Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan (1852), Duygu Asena (1946), Osman Nuri Topbaş (1942), Oğuz Atay (1934), Ahmet Mithat (1844), and Athenaeus Mechanicus (-200). After her are Zahrad (1924), Mateja Matevski (1929), Emine Semiye Önasya (1864), Memnon of Heraclea (null), Melih Cevdet Anday (1915), and Rıfat Ilgaz (1911).

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