WRITER

Žemaitė

1845 - 1921

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Žemaitė ([ʒʲɛˈmɐjtʲeː], zh'yeh-MY-tay, "Samogitian woman") was the pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė (4 June [O.S. 23 May] 1845 – 7 December 1921). She was a Lithuanian/Samogitian writer, democrat and educator. Born to impoverished gentry, she became one of the major participants in the Lithuanian National Revival. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Žemaitė has received more than 53,822 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Žemaitė is the 4,238th most popular writer (down from 3,774th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Lithuanian Writer.

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  • 54k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Žemaitė ranks 4,238 out of 7,302. Before her are Erica Jong, David Almond, Alexander Lernet-Holenia, Annemarie Selinko, Panas Myrny, and Mascha Kaléko. After her are Josephine Diebitsch Peary, Isotta Nogarola, Bill Bryson, Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani, Paul Goma, and Sofi Oksanen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Žemaitė ranks 76. Before her are Antonin Mercié, Nina Grieg, Jorge Montt, Paul Deussen, André Bessette, and Salim bin Thuwaini. After her are Zygmunt Gorazdowski, Arthur MacArthur Jr., José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, Pier Andrea Saccardo, George Kennan, and Edward Douglass White. Among people deceased in 1921, Žemaitė ranks 91. Before her are José Miguel Gómez, Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Yosef Haim Brenner, Sándor Wekerle, Alexandre Michon, and Dimitrios Rallis. After her are Gyula Breyer, Émile Champion, Virginia Rappe, Jan Janský, Edward Douglass White, and Milenko Radomar Vesnić.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Žemaitė ranks 127 out of 328. Before her are Romas Kalanta (1953), Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930), Antanas Baranauskas (1835), Aušra Augustinavičiūtė (1927), Maironis (1862), and Steponas Darius (1896). After her are Jurgis Baltrušaitis (1873), Algirdas Butkevičius (1958), Jonas Staugaitis (1868), Phoebus Levene (1869), Silvestras Žukauskas (1860), and Donald Kagan (1932).

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Among WRITERS In Lithuania

Among writers born in Lithuania, Žemaitė ranks 14. Before her are Vydūnas (1868), Francišak Bahuševič (1840), Irena Veisaitė (1928), Osip Senkovsky (1800), Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930), and Antanas Baranauskas (1835). After her are Jurgis Baltrušaitis (1873), Źmitrok Biadula (1886), Mordecai Kaplan (1881), Mikalojus Daukša (1527), Georgy Ivanov (1894), and Petras Cvirka (1909).

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