WRITER

Antonín Sova

1864 - 1928

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Antonín Sova (26 February 1864 – 16 August 1928) was a Czech poet and the director of Prague Municipal Library. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonín Sova has received more than 18,227 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Antonín Sova is the 6,073rd most popular writer (down from 5,363rd in 2019), the 768th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 635th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Czech Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Spisy
1900
Pankrác Budecius, kantor
1916
Básníkovo jaro
Accessible book
1921
Z mého kraje
Accessible book
1892
Krvácející bratrství
Accessible book
1920
Z mého kraje
Miniature books, Specimens
1957

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Antonín Sova ranks 6,073 out of 7,302. Before him are Artur Adson, Emine Semiye Önasya, David Simon, Peter Matthiessen, Kjell Ola Dahl, and Jean Rouaud. After him are Dmitry Bykov, John Greenleaf Whittier, Thomas Traherne, Nedim Gürsel, Hammond Innes, and Ágnes Nemes Nagy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Antonín Sova ranks 168. Before him are Tully Marshall, Alice Davenport, Anna Golubkina, Cosmo Gordon Lang, Rukhmabai, and Emine Semiye Önasya. After him are W. H. R. Rivers, Frank Chapman, Jakob Jakobsen, Oscar Baumann, George Nichols, and Charles Marion Russell. Among people deceased in 1928, Antonín Sova ranks 118. Before him are Xiang Jingyu, Jan Sztolcman, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Árpád Tóth, Edmund Gosse, and George Washington Goethals. After him are Gyula Kakas, Gonzalo Córdova, Tursunoy Saidazimova, George Siegmann, George Dole, and Johan Ludvig Heiberg.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Antonín Sova ranks 768 out of 1,200. Before him are Fredy Perlman (1934), Jan Zahradil (1963), Petr Kouba (1969), Stanislav Lusk (1931), Václav Machek (1925), and Franz Fühmann (1922). After him are Daniela Peštová (1970), Bohuslav Karlík (1908), Jan Klapáč (1941), Berthold Englisch (1851), Přemysl Bičovský (1950), and Vladimír Růžička (1963).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Antonín Sova ranks 82. Before him are Jakub Arbes (1840), Otokar Březina (1868), Eduard Bass (1888), Jaroslav Kvapil (1868), Fredy Perlman (1934), and Franz Fühmann (1922). After him are Marie Pujmanová (1893), Jáchym Topol (1962), Michal Šanda (1965), Michal Viewegh (1962), Petr Zelenka (1967), and Milan Ohnisko (1965).

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