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Taha Hussein

1889 - 1973

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Taha Hussein (Egyptian Arabic: [ˈtˤɑːhɑ ħ(e)ˈseːn], Arabic: طه حسين; November 15, 1889 – October 28, 1973) was among the most influential 20th-century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a leading figure of the Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab world. His sobriquet was "The Dean of Arabic Literature" (Arabic: عميد الأدب العربي). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty-one times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Taha Hussein is the 988th most popular writer (down from 747th in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 152nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Egyptian Writer.

Taha Hussein is best known for his autobiographical work, The Days, which tells the story of his life from his birth in 1883 to his death in 1973.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Taha Hussein ranks 988 out of 7,302. Before him are Heinrich Kramer, Philip Pullman, Basava, George of Pisidia, George Gissing, and Lawrence Durrell. After him are Jacques Hébert, Hartmann von Aue, Sherwood Anderson, Joachim du Bellay, Ghassan Kanafani, and Vasily Zhukovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Taha Hussein ranks 41. Before him are Pitirim Sorokin, Mercédès Jellinek, Sadhu Sundar Singh, Kim Tu-bong, Robert A. Taft, and Abel Gance. After him are Günther Lütjens, Walter Lippmann, Hannes Kolehmainen, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, John B. Kelly Sr., and Vera Mukhina. Among people deceased in 1973, Taha Hussein ranks 51. Before him are Dickinson W. Richards, Jean-Pierre Melville, Emmy Göring, Elsa Schiaparelli, A. S. Neill, and François Cevert. After him are Howard H. Aiken, Otto Klemperer, P. Ramlee, Lex Barker, Edward G. Robinson, and Leo Strauss.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Taha Hussein ranks 192 out of 642. Before him are Al-Muazzam Turanshah (1250), Saadia Gaon (882), Al-Mutawakkil III (1500), Basilides (117), Djedkare Isesi (-2500), and Nazli Sabri (1894). After him are Intef II (-2150), Hetepheres I (-2700), Neferefre (-2500), Cosmas Indicopleustes (600), Al-Ashraf Khalil (1260), and Intef III (-2050).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Taha Hussein ranks 13. Before him are Lactantius (250), Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876), Claudian (370), Nonnus (500), Dionysius Thrax (-170), and Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190). After him are Achilles Tatius (200), Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888), Ahmed Shawqi (1868), Didymus Chalcenterus (-63), Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928), and Rifa'a al-Tahtawi (1801).

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