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Angelos Sikelianos

1884 - 1951

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Angelos Sikelianos (Greek: Άγγελος Σικελιανός; 28 March 1884 – 19 June 1951) was a Greek lyric poet and playwright. His themes include Greek history, religious symbolism as well as universal harmony in poems such as The Moonstruck, Prologue to Life, Mother of God, and Delphic Utterance. His plays include Sibylla, Daedalus in Crete, Christ in Rome, The Death of Digenis, The Dithyramb of the Rose and Asklepius. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Angelos Sikelianos has received more than 116,560 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Angelos Sikelianos is the 3,555th most popular writer (down from 3,338th in 2019), the 603rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 574th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Greek Writer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

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  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Angelos Sikelianos ranks 3,555 out of 7,302. Before him are Ibn Bibi, Onomacritus, Leslie Stephen, Charles Malik, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, and Gene Wolfe. After him are Natsuo Kirino, Tōson Shimazaki, Edith Durham, Joss Whedon, Oppian, and Jorge de Montemor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Angelos Sikelianos ranks 118. Before him are Jaan Anvelt, Evelyn Nesbit, Billie Burke, Sara Teasdale, Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz, and Frederick Lorz. After him are Ralph Benatzky, Agus Salim, Willem Marinus Dudok, David Bergelson, Roy Chapman Andrews, and Jack Greenwell. Among people deceased in 1951, Angelos Sikelianos ranks 102. Before him are Reggie Walker, László Almásy, John Paine, Karl Koller, Henry Taylor, and Gustave Sandras. After him are Louis Adamic, Katarzyna Kobro, Fréhel, Roland Jacobi, Charles Dillon Perrine, and Tilemachos Karakalos.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Angelos Sikelianos ranks 603 out of 1,024. Before him are Sakis Rouvas (1962), Xenophon Zolotas (1904), Marinella (1938), Mohamed Sherif Pasha (1826), Stelios Kazantzidis (1931), and Onomacritus (-530). After him are Dimitri Kitsikis (1935), Agesipolis II (-400), Cahit Arf (1910), Dionysius of Corinth (150), Francesco Barozzi (1537), and Eurypon (null).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Angelos Sikelianos ranks 71. Before him are Theodor Kallifatides (1938), Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851), Rhianus (-275), Alberto Savinio (1891), Solomon Alkabetz (1505), and Onomacritus (-530). After him are Lesches (-700), Philoxenus of Cythera (-435), Crates (-350), Vitsentzos Kornaros (1553), Matilde Serao (1856), and Vassilis Alexakis (1943).

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