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Zabel Yesayan

1878 - 1943

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Zabel Yesayan (Armenian: Զապել Եսայան (reformed), Զապէլ Եսայեան (classical); 4 February 1878 – 1943) was an Armenian writer and a prominent figure in the Armenian academic and political community during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Zabel Yesayan's books, articles, and speeches cover a range of topics such as the Adana massacre, Armenian genocide, and commentary on the status of Armenian women. Yesayan also worked as a translator in France as well as a professor during her later years as an academic. Her novels and articles contributed to understanding the persecution of Turkish Armenians, the after effect of World War I, and women's roles and rights in the Ottoman and Armenian communities. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zabel Yesayan is the 3,004th most popular writer (down from 2,322nd in 2019), the 879th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 742nd in 2019) and the 89th most popular Turkish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zabel Yesayan ranks 3,004 out of 7,302Before her are Rafael de Nogales Méndez, Terentianus, Hans Aanrud, Fazil Iskander, Octave Feuillet, and Yasmina Khadra. After her are Nahum Goldmann, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, José de Alencar, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Diphilus, and Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Zabel Yesayan ranks 121Before her are Pat McDonald, Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Massimo Bontempelli, André Caplet, Konstantinos Paspatis, and Victor Segalen. After her are Anna Demidova, Demetrios Petrokokkinos, J. F. C. Fuller, Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova, Clara Westhoff, and Emmy Destinn. Among people deceased in 1943, Zabel Yesayan ranks 108Before her are Alexander Matrosov, Alojs Andritzki, Daisy, Princess of Pless, Gyula Peidl, Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, and Johann Niemann. After her are Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Maria Restituta Kafka, Prince Christoph of Hesse, Henner Henkel, Hàm Nghi, and Kostis Palamas.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Zabel Yesayan ranks 879 out of 1,347Before her are Fatma Aliye Topuz (1862), Aulus Licinius Archias (-121), Nausiphanes (-400), Cansu Dere (1980), Xanthus (-500), and Ptolemy Epigonos (-300). After her are Diphilus (-350), Deniz Baykal (1938), Isaac Komnenos (1093), Damat Ferid Pasha (1853), Eudoxius of Antioch (300), and Ariarathes V of Cappadocia (-200).

Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Zabel Yesayan ranks 89Before her are Kekaumenos (1020), Theodore Prodromos (1115), Aristeas (-600), Parthenius of Nicaea (-1), Fatma Aliye Topuz (1862), and Xanthus (-500). After her are Diphilus (-350), Theodore Balsamon (1140), Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (1914), Bâkî (1526), Phlegon of Tralles (200), and Nigâr Hanım (1856).