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Mohammed Dib

1920 - 2003

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Mohammed Dib (Arabic: محمد ديب; 21 July 1920 – 2 May 2003) was an Algerian author. He wrote over 30 novels, as well as numerous short stories, poems, and children's literature in the French language. His work covers the breadth of 19th century Algerian history, focusing on Algeria's fight for independence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mohammed Dib is the 2,517th most popular writer (down from 1,866th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 58th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Algerian Writer.

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Among writers, Mohammed Dib ranks 2,517 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean Astruc, Jack Williamson, George Whitefield, Isak Samokovlija, Rebecca West, and Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus. After him are Jean d'Ormesson, Terence McKenna, Sogyal Rinpoche, María Kodama, Heimito von Doderer, and Ikki Kita.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Mohammed Dib ranks 159. Before him are José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, DeForest Kelley, John O'Connor, Amet-khan Sultan, José López Portillo y Pacheco, and Hannie Schaft. After him are Schubert Gambetta, Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi, Cornelius Ryan, Osvaldo Cavandoli, Mohamed Oufkir, and Lazar Mojsov. Among people deceased in 2003, Mohammed Dib ranks 111. Before him are Kalpana Chawla, Michel Constantin, Qusay Hussein, Daishiro Yoshimura, Vasil Bykaŭ, and Fred Rogers. After him are Bernard Williams, Foday Sankoh, Karel Kosík, Martha Chase, Constantin Dăscălescu, and Lothar Emmerich.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Mohammed Dib ranks 75 out of 213. Before him are Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (1934), Lakhdar Brahimi (1934), Isaac Alfasi (1013), Roger Hanin (1925), Ahmed Ouyahia (1952), and Évariste Lévi-Provençal (1894). After him are Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi (1787), Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre (1810), Abdelmalek Sellal (1948), Émile Boirac (1851), Françoise Arnoul (1931), and Messali Hadj (1898).

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Among WRITERS In Algeria

Among writers born in Algeria, Mohammed Dib ranks 12. Before him are Marcus Minucius Felix (110), Robert Merle (1908), Boualem Sansal (1949), Kateb Yacine (1929), Al-Busiri (1213), and Isaac Alfasi (1013). After him are Mouloud Feraoun (1913), Yasmina Khadra (1955), Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1578), Mouloud Mammeri (1917), Emmanuel Roblès (1914), and Tahar Djaout (1954).

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