WRITER

Arnošt Lustig

1926 - 2011

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Arnošt Lustig (Czech pronunciation: [ˈarnoʃt ˈlustɪk]; 21 December 1926 – 26 February 2011) was a renowned Czech Jewish author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays whose works have often involved the Holocaust. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arnošt Lustig has received more than 83,023 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Arnošt Lustig is the 3,472nd most popular writer (down from 3,115th in 2019), the 437th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 383rd in 2019) and the 46th most popular Czech Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 83k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.63

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Tma nemá stín
Children, Fiction, History
1976
Modlitba pro Kateřinu Horovitzovou
Fiction
1970
Noc a naděje
1992
Dita Saxová
Translations into English, Czech fiction
1969
Miláček
1973
Night and hope
World War, 1939-1945, Fiction, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924
1962

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Arnošt Lustig ranks 3,472 out of 7,302. Before him are H.D., Merab Kostava, Yu Kil-chun, Castor of Rhodes, Olena Pchilka, and Johannes Ewald. After him are Octavia E. Butler, Alain Chartier, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Solomon Alkabetz, Bat Ye'or, and Misuzu Kaneko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Arnošt Lustig ranks 232. Before him are Julie London, Gottfried Diener, Ray Brown, David C. H. Austin, Lenny Montana, and Julio César Britos. After him are Jon Vickers, Jacques Rozier, Bryan Johnson, Bernhard Klodt, Salahuddin of Selangor, and K. D. Jadhav. Among people deceased in 2011, Arnošt Lustig ranks 186. Before him are M. F. Husain, Paulette Dubost, Lawrence Eagleburger, Romuald Klim, Würzel, and Clarence Clemons. After him are Ricky Hui, Jagjit Singh, Bhimsen Joshi, Tatyana Lioznova, Alfonso Cano, and Adrián Escudero.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Arnošt Lustig ranks 437 out of 1,200. Before him are Václav Tomášek (1774), Jiří Wolker (1900), Hana Brady (1931), Anton Stamitz (1750), Ivan Hlinka (1950), and Marek Jankulovski (1977). After him are Egon Bondy (1930), Maria Jeritza (1887), Moritz Steinschneider (1816), Karl Deutsch (1912), Jan Kalivoda (1801), and Eva Herzigová (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Arnošt Lustig ranks 46. Before him are Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821), Karel Kryl (1944), Viktor Dyk (1877), Vladislav Vančura (1891), Jiří Dienstbier (1937), and Jiří Wolker (1900). After him are Moritz Steinschneider (1816), Václav Hanka (1791), Ernst Weiss (1882), Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853), Ludvík Vaculík (1926), and Karel Teige (1900).

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