WRITER

Attila József

1905 - 1937

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Attila József (Hungarian: [ˈɒtillɒ ˈjoːʒɛf]; 11 April 1905 – 3 December 1937) was one of the most famous Hungarian poets of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Attila József has received more than 232,566 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Attila József is the 1,588th most popular writer (up from 1,706th in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 192nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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Notable Works

Contributions to universal algebra
Congresses, Universal Algebra
1977
Összes versei
Hungarian poetry
1960
Az olvasó lázadása?
Congresses, Criticism, Hungarian literature
2008
József Attila összes versei
1984
Filozófia és irodalom
Literature, Philosophy, Congresses
2008
Perched on nothing's branch
1986

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Attila József ranks 1,588 out of 7,302. Before him are Alexander Polyhistor, Giorgio Bassani, Mór Jókai, Lydia Koidula, Akiyuki Nosaka, and Namık Kemal. After him are Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Silvina Ocampo, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Arnaldur Indriðason, and Natalie Clifford Barney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Attila József ranks 77. Before him are Guy Mollet, Erwin Chargaff, Federica Montseny, Takeo Fukuda, André Jolivet, and Chen Yun. After him are Paul Nizan, Joseph Kosma, Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, Yen Chia-kan, James J. Braddock, and Karl Rappan. Among people deceased in 1937, Attila József ranks 53. Before him are Vincenzo Lancia, Andrés Nin Pérez, Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, Takeo Wakabayashi, Diana Abgar, and Max Adler. After him are Alikhan Bukeikhanov, Akhmet Baitursynov, Mélanie Bonis, Max von Gallwitz, Ahmed Izzet Pasha, and Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Attila József ranks 177 out of 1,077. Before him are Constance of Hungary (1180), Géza Lakatos (1890), Aurel Stein (1862), Valamir (420), Márta Mészáros (1931), and Mór Jókai (1825). After him are Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797), Geraldine of Albania (1915), Taksony of Hungary (931), Ludwig von Benedek (1804), Ferenc Deák (1922), and Joseph Kosma (1905).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Attila József ranks 17. Before him are Max Nordau (1849), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), Magda Szabó (1917), Béla Balázs (1884), Miklós Zrínyi (1620), and Mór Jókai (1825). After him are Péter Nádas (1942), Hannah Szenes (1921), Viktor Barna (1911), György Konrád (1933), László Krasznahorkai (1954), and Miloš Crnjanski (1893).

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