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Yunus Emre

1240 - 1321

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Yunus Emre (Turkish pronunciation: [juːˈnus emˈɾe]), also known as Derviş Yûnus (Yûnus the Dervish) (1238–1320) (Old Anatolian Turkish: يونس امره), was a Turkish folk poet and Sufi who greatly influenced Turkish culture. The UNESCO General Conference unanimously passed a resolution declaring 1991, the 750th anniversary of the poet's birth, International Yunus Emre Year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yunus Emre is the 555th most popular writer (down from 353rd in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 158th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Turkish Writer.

Yunus Emre is most famous for his poems.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yunus Emre ranks 555 out of 7,302. Before him are Rudaki, Madame de La Fayette, Anaïs Nin, Camilo José Cela, Robert A. Heinlein, and Alice Munro. After him are Henry IV of Castile, Matilde Camus, Elie Wiesel, Anthony Burgess, Tom Clancy, and James Hilton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1240, Yunus Emre ranks 3. Before him are Pope Benedict XI, and Cimabue. After him are Arnolfo di Cambio, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg, Boetius of Dacia, Abraham Abulafia, Siger of Brabant, Pietro Cavallini, Magnus III of Sweden, and Elizabeth the Cuman. Among people deceased in 1321, Yunus Emre ranks 2. Before him is Dante Alighieri. After him are Stefan Milutin, Birger, King of Sweden, Matthew III Csák, María de Molina, and Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Yunus Emre ranks 254 out of 1,347. Before him are Laban (-1900), Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1002), Arcesilaus (-315), Uzun Hasan (1423), Herophilos (-335), and Ahmet Necdet Sezer (1941). After him are Kenan Evren (1917), Pancras of Rome (289), Socrates of Constantinople (380), Sultan Cem (1459), Thecla (100), and Alexander (870).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Yunus Emre ranks 12. Before him are Lucian (120), Dionysius of Halicarnassus (-60), Anna Komnene (1083), Giorgos Seferis (1900), Zosimus (460), and Novatian (220). After him are André Chénier (1762), Aratus (-315), Gregory of Narek (951), Kassia (810), Theodore the Studite (759), and Ibn Hawqal (943).

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