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Orhan Kemal

1914 - 1970

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Orhan Kemal (15 September 1914 – 2 June 1970) is the pen name of Turkish novelist Mehmet Reşit Öğütçü. He is known for his realist novels that describe the life of the poor in Turkey. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Orhan Kemal is the 4,434th most popular writer (down from 4,330th in 2019), the 1,082nd most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 1,071st in 2019) and the 120th most popular Turkish Writer.

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Among writers, Orhan Kemal ranks 4,434 out of 7,302. Before him are Richard Steele, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Łukasz Górnicki, Itō Noe, Arnulf Øverland, and Yevgeny Petrov. After him are Gloria Fuertes, Ippolito Nievo, Vicente Espinel, Dmitry Grigorovich, Kathy Acker, and Josephine Diebitsch Peary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Orhan Kemal ranks 261. Before him are Jijé, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Sueo Ōe, Elfriede Kaun, Hermínio de Brito, and Julián Marías. After him are Yrjö Nikkanen, Jeff Corey, Adolf Urban, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Kaisa Parviainen, and Robert R. Wilson. Among people deceased in 1970, Orhan Kemal ranks 191. Before him are Helene Madison, Inger Stevens, Cyril Scott, Pierre Veyron, Abraham Alikhanov, and Käthe Krauss. After him are Adam Rapacki, Hans Walzhofer, Valerio Arri, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, Janko Alexy, and Kiichiro Higuchi.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Orhan Kemal ranks 1,082 out of 1,347. Before him are Aristeidis Moraitinis (1806), Kadir Topbaş (1945), Refik Saydam (1881), Adalet Ağaoğlu (1929), Ariarathes IX of Cappadocia (-150), and Stephen Lekapenos (901). After him are Halil Pasha (1857), Oppian (101), Morphia of Melitene (1010), Cemal Süreya (1931), Wasfi Tal (1919), and Ahmet Altan (1950).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Orhan Kemal ranks 120. Before him are Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil (1865), Adile Sultan (1826), Tevfik Fikret (1867), Zabel Sibil Asadour (1863), Alexander of Abonoteichus (105), and Adalet Ağaoğlu (1929). After him are Oppian (101), Cemal Süreya (1931), Ahmet Altan (1950), Ayşe Kulin (1941), Attilâ İlhan (1925), and Musa Anter (1920).

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