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Bertus Aafjes

1914 - 1993

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Lambertus Jacobus Johannes "Bertus" Aafjes (May 12, 1914 – April 23, 1993) was a Dutch poet noteworthy for his poems about resistance to German occupation during World War II. Aafjes was born in Amsterdam, married and was the father of 3 daughters and 1 son. He died in Venlo. Aafjes wrote a five-book series featuring Japanese samurai Ōoka Tadasuke. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bertus Aafjes has received more than 60,756 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Bertus Aafjes is the 3,631st most popular writer (down from 2,887th in 2019), the 542nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 426th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Dutch Writer.

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  • 61k

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  • 49.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bertus Aafjes ranks 3,631 out of 5,755. Before him are Jules Barbier, Radclyffe Hall, Shushanik Kurghinian, Louise Weiss, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, and Castor of Rhodes. After him are Nikola Vaptsarov, Justus Jonas, Simon Leys, Viktor Nekrasov, Antoine Furetière, and Peter Bichsel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Bertus Aafjes ranks 204. Before him are Ralph Ellison, Ray Walston, Ralph Erskine, Edmund Muskie, Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, and Wolfgang Windgassen. After him are Shaken Aimanov, Krishan Chander, Jacques Dufilho, Harold Russell, Marcel Kint, and Henri Laborit. Among people deceased in 1993, Bertus Aafjes ranks 138. Before him are Melchior Ndadaye, Andrée Brunet, Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, Fred Gwynne, Robert Jacobsen, and Roy Raymond. After him are Max August Zorn, Sam Wanamaker, Camargo Guarnieri, Guido del Mestri, Masuji Ibuse, and Alexandre Trauner.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Bertus Aafjes ranks 542 out of 1,427. Before him are Dirk Jan de Geer (1870), Badr Hari (1984), Theo de Jong (1947), Jan Wolkers (1925), Peter Aerts (1970), and Björn Kuipers (1973). After him are Richard Witschge (1969), Willem Johan Kolff (1911), George Knobel (1922), Hakim Ziyech (1993), Derek de Lint (1950), and Michael van Langren (1598).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Bertus Aafjes ranks 29. Before him are Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), Willem Frederik Hermans (1921), Corrie ten Boom (1892), Tim Krabbé (1943), Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792), and Jan Wolkers (1925). After him are Simon Vestdijk (1898), Gysbert Japiks (1603), Janwillem van de Wetering (1931), Fedde Schurer (1898), Gerbrand Bredero (1585), and Herman Heijermans (1864).

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