WRITER

Béla Balázs

1884 - 1949

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Béla Balázs (Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈbɒlaːʒ]; 4 August 1884 – 17 May 1949), born Herbert Béla Bauer, was a Hungarian film critic, aesthetician, writer and poet of Jewish heritage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Béla Balázs has received more than 142,777 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Béla Balázs is the 1,417th most popular writer (down from 1,413th in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 154th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Hungarian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

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  • 59.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Filmkultúra
Motion pictures
1952
Der Geist des Films
Motion pictures
1972
Hét mese
Fairy tales
1918
Lélek a háboruban
Hungarian Personal narratives, Personal narratives, Hungarian, World War, 1914-1918
1916
The cloak of dreams
Fairy tales, China, SOCIAL SCIENCE
2010
Der Film
Motion pictures
1950

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Béla Balázs ranks 1,417 out of 7,302. Before him are Liang Qichao, A. B. Yehoshua, Agrippa d'Aubigné, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Georges Rodenbach, and Remy de Gourmont. After him are Ryū Murakami, Joseph Mohr, Qiu Jin, Du Mu, Jane Hawking, and Chico Xavier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Béla Balázs ranks 50. Before him are Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Maria Spiridonova, Empress Teimei, Hugo Schmeisser, Princess Helen of Serbia, and Louis B. Mayer. After him are Halide Edib Adıvar, Johan Laidoner, Gustave Garrigou, Robert J. Flaherty, Clark L. Hull, and Henri Cornet. Among people deceased in 1949, Béla Balázs ranks 38. Before him are Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Henry McMahon, José Clemente Orozco, Ellery Harding Clark, Nikola Zhekov, and Valentino Mazzola. After him are Ulrich Salchow, Joaquín Turina, Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, Harry Stack Sullivan, Yoshijirō Umezu, and André-Louis Debierne.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Béla Balázs ranks 153 out of 1,077. Before him are Leopold Auer (1845), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), Ágnes Keleti (1921), Gusztáv Jány (1883), Ferenc Mádl (1931), and Magda Szabó (1917). After him are Ferenc Bene (1944), Gyula Gömbös (1886), László Papp (1926), Edgar Ætheling (1051), Lajos Tichy (1935), and Miklós Zrínyi (1620).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Béla Balázs ranks 14. Before him are Felix Salten (1869), Ján Kollár (1793), Ephraim Kishon (1924), Max Nordau (1849), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), and Magda Szabó (1917). After him are Miklós Zrínyi (1620), Mór Jókai (1825), Attila József (1905), Péter Nádas (1942), Hannah Szenes (1921), and Viktor Barna (1911).

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