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Anton Aškerc

1856 - 1912

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Anton Aškerc (pronounced [anˈtoːn ˈaːʃkɛrts] ; 9 January 1856 – 10 June 1912) was a Slovenian poet and Roman Catholic priest who worked in Austria, best known for his epic poems. Aškerc was born into a peasant family near the town of Rimske Toplice in the Duchy of Styria, then part of the Austrian Empire (now in Slovenia). His exact birthplace is unknown because his family was on the move at the time of his birth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anton Aškerc has received more than 27,717 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Aškerc is the 5,068th most popular writer (down from 4,588th in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 75th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Slovene Writer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anton Aškerc ranks 5,068 out of 5,755. Before him are Villy Sørensen, Kate Wilhelm, Dmitry Glukhovsky, Mochtar Lubis, Yamabe no Akahito, and Gwendolyn Brooks. After him are Wilbert Awdry, Charles Wilkins, Katherine Neville, Nella Larsen, Thomas Love Peacock, and Nancy Kress.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Anton Aškerc ranks 108. Before him are Friedrich Kluge, Edward Goodrich Acheson, Wovoka, Belisario Porras Barahona, Colin Campbell Cooper, and Wilhelm Geiger. After him are Granville Woods, Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar, Karolina Widerström, Paul Henri Lecomte, Keir Hardie, and William Wallace Denslow. Among people deceased in 1912, Anton Aškerc ranks 110. Before him are Octavia Hill, Eduardo López de Romaña, Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Cesare Arzelà, Henry Robertson Bowers, and Björn Jónsson. After him are Edward Wilmot Blyden, Sophia Jex-Blake, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Luis Cordero Crespo, Henri Bouckaert, and Emil Stang.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Anton Aškerc ranks 86 out of 295. Before him are Constantin von Wurzbach (1818), Josip Jurčič (1844), Zofka Kveder (1878), Ivan Tavčar (1851), Alenka Bratušek (1970), and Primož Ulaga (1962). After him are Dimitrij Rupel (1946), Svetlana Makarovič (1939), Luiza Pesjak (1828), Rudolf Cvetko (1880), Mima Jaušovec (1956), and Martin Strel (1954).

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Among WRITERS In Slovenia

Among writers born in Slovenia, Anton Aškerc ranks 20. Before him are Adam Bohorič (1520), Fran Levstik (1831), Constantin von Wurzbach (1818), Josip Jurčič (1844), Zofka Kveder (1878), and Ivan Tavčar (1851). After him are Svetlana Makarovič (1939), Luiza Pesjak (1828), Josipina Turnograjska (1833), Kristina Brenk (1911), and Aleš Debeljak (1961).

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