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Nazik Al-Malaika

1923 - 2007

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Nazik al-Malaika (Arabic: نازك الملائكة; 23 August 1923 – 20 June 2007) was an Iraqi poet. Al-Malaika is noted for being among the first Arabic poets to use free verse. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nazik Al-Malaika is the 3,402nd most popular writer (down from 2,907th in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from Iraq (down from 249th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Iraqi Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nazik Al-Malaika ranks 3,402 out of 7,302. Before her are Charlie Kaufman, Maurice Sendak, Frances Burney, Thomas of Britain, Abu Firas al-Hamdani, and William of Jumièges. After her are Isabella di Morra, Charles de Saint-Évremond, C. S. Forester, Alessandro Tassoni, Corrado Alvaro, and Antonio García Gutiérrez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Nazik Al-Malaika ranks 202. Before her are Sam Phillips, Václav Ježek, Louis Lansana Beavogui, René Favaloro, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, and Carlo Pavesi. After her are Carlos Páez Vilaró, Valentin Varennikov, Gerald Götting, Josep Seguer, Don Adams, and Balbir Singh Sr.. Among people deceased in 2007, Nazik Al-Malaika ranks 193. Before her are Paek Nam-sun, Chandra Shekhar, Antonio María Javierre Ortas, Antonio Aguilar, Kembo Uba Kembo, and Max Roach. After her are Hans Wegner, Al Oerter, Benjamin Libet, Jim Gray, Angelo Felici, and Mariano Gonzalvo.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Nazik Al-Malaika ranks 271 out of 384. Before her are Ur-Zababa (-2350), Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun (864), Kadashman-Enlil I (-1400), Ashur-rabi II (-1100), Ali Akbar Salehi (1949), and Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932). After her are Isidore of Charax (-50), Muhammad al-Sadr (1943), Entemena (-2430), Ahmad ibn Yusuf (835), Ashur-resh-ishi II (-1100), and Ibn Abi'l-Hadid (1190).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Nazik Al-Malaika ranks 22. Before her are Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), Al-Farazdaq (641), Ishaq ibn Hunayn (830), Al-Asmaʿi (740), Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), and Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932). After her are Jacob of Serugh (451), Abu Isa al-Warraq (null), Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923), Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750), Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861), and Abdullah Goran (1904).

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