WRITER

Alphonse Matejka

1902 - 1999

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Alphonse Matejka (9 January 1902 – 27 October 1999) was a Swiss exports specialist and proponent of international auxiliary language. Born in St. Gallen to a Czech father and Swiss mother, he worked in the textiles and watchmaking industries, and lived much of his life in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alphonse Matejka has received more than 2,917 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Alphonse Matejka is the 6,133rd most popular writer, the 646th most popular biography from Switzerland and the 51st most popular Swiss Writer.

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  • 2.49

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alphonse Matejka ranks 6,133 out of 7,302. Before him are Eugenie Schwarzwald, Victoria Amelina, Éva Janikovszky, Aleksandr Volodin, Ann Cleeves, and Georgi Vladimov. After him are Kevin J. Anderson, Thomas M. Disch, Reginald Hill, Reki Kawahara, Liu Xia, and David Halberstam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Alphonse Matejka ranks 304. Before him are Ernő Goldfinger, Frederick Sheffield, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Mary Philbin, José Humberto Quintero Parra, and Diógenes Domínguez. After him are Ross Taylor, Emil Jónsson, Pietro Genovesi, Guy Lombardo, Tomasz Stankiewicz, and José María Lavalle. Among people deceased in 1999, Alphonse Matejka ranks 287. Before him are Arvo Viitanen, Rick Rude, Akhtar Hameed Khan, Gar Samuelson, Władysław Hasior, and Charles "Buddy" Rogers. After him are Roger Rio, Vanessa Brown, Teodor Kocerka, Jackson C. Frank, John Cannon, and Josef Doležal.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Alphonse Matejka ranks 646 out of 1,015. Before him are Ottorino Volonterio (1917), Sébastien Buemi (1988), Siem de Jong (1989), Kurt Stettler (1932), Yves Rossy (1959), and Pierre Jaccoud (1905). After him are Raphaël Wicky (1977), Edmund Bruggmann (1943), Urs Zimmermann (1959), Edy Reinalter (1920), Peter Müller (1957), and Denis Zakaria (1996).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Alphonse Matejka ranks 51. Before him are Béatrix Beck (1914), Jacques Chessex (1934), Urs Widmer (1938), Adolf Muschg (1934), Joël Dicker (1985), and Christian Kracht (1966). After him are Kurt Marti (1921), Peter Stamm (1963), Giorgio A. Tsoukalos (1978), and Owen Gleiberman (1959).

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