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Maryana Marrash

1848 - 1919

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Maryana bint Fathallah bin Nasrallah Marrash (Arabic: مريانا بنت فتح الله بن نصر الله مرّاش, ALA-LC: Maryānā bint Fatḥ Allāh bin Naṣr Allāh Marrāsh; 1848–1919), also known as Maryana al-Marrash or Maryana Marrash al-Halabiyah, was a Syrian writer and poet of the Nahda or the Arab Renaissance. She revived the tradition of literary salons in the Arab world and was the first Syrian woman to publish a collection of poetry. She may have been the first woman to write in the Arabic-language daily newspapers. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maryana Marrash is the 2,928th most popular writer (up from 3,318th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Syria (down from 129th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Syrian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Maryana Marrash ranks 2,928 out of 7,302. Before her are Louise Weiss, Acusilaus, Julius Pomponius Laetus, Zofia Posmysz, Kató Lomb, and Bernardo Guimarães. After her are T. H. White, Marie Marvingt, Moderata Fonte, Sebastian Franck, Saigyō, and Gottschalk of Orbais.

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Among people born in 1848, Maryana Marrash ranks 62. Before her are Albert Robida, Eugène Simon, Georges Ohnet, Alexander Kazbegi, Édouard Detaille, and Francis Darwin. After her are Franz von Soxhlet, Fritz von Uhde, Maria Bernarda Bütler, Boris Stürmer, Adolf Albin, and Heinrich Hübschmann. Among people deceased in 1919, Maryana Marrash ranks 88. Before her are Wilfrid Laurier, André Prévost, Szymon Winawer, Vera Kholodnaya, José Gregorio Hernández, and Francisco Moreno. After her are Max Heindel, Victor Segalen, Julia Lermontova, Vasily Rozanov, Aaron Aaronsohn, and Edward Poynter.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Maryana Marrash ranks 136 out of 210. Before her are Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (1944), George Sabra (1947), Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (685), Ibn Abi Usaibia (1204), Khalid Bakdash (1912), and Hayır Bey (1464). After her are Ibn al-Qalanisi (1073), Antiochus Hierax (-266), Ignatius Aphrem II (1965), Cosmas of Maiuma (675), Aram Tigran (1934), and Alopen (600).

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Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Maryana Marrash ranks 15. Before her are Cassius Longinus (213), Usama ibn Munqidh (1095), Jurji Zaydan (1861), Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389), Alciphron (200), and John Moschus (550). After her are Ghada al-Samman (1942), Buhturi (819), Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855), Jacob of Edessa (633), Elia Abu Madi (1890), and Rafik Schami (1946).

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