WRITER

Betti Alver

1906 - 1989

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Elisabet "Betti" Alver (23 November [O.S. 10 November] 1906 – 19 June 1989), was one of Estonia's most notable poets. She was among the first generation to be educated in schools of an independent Estonia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Betti Alver has received more than 35,112 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Betti Alver is the 3,930th most popular writer (down from 3,721st in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 99th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Estonian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 35k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Betti Alver ranks 3,930 out of 7,302. Before her are Elmer Rice, Max Lange, Humayun Ahmed, Dževad Karahasan, Jędrzej Śniadecki, and Petko Slaveykov. After her are Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Iraj Mirza, Vasily Trediakovsky, Christiane Amanpour, Pedro Juan Gutiérrez, and Francisco Coloane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Betti Alver ranks 219. Before her are Matvei Bronstein, Francisco Cepeda, Laurens van der Post, Josef Čtyřoký, Bob King, and Karl Sesta. After her are Tony Accardo, Luo Ruiqing, Tamara Khanum, Rudolf Krčil, Bart Bok, and Eleanor Hibbert. Among people deceased in 1989, Betti Alver ranks 171. Before her are José Bustamante y Rivero, Don Revie, Veniamin Kaverin, Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark, Antonio Janigro, and Frank Foss. After her are Robert Webber, Colin Clark, Carl Dahlhaus, Christine Jorgensen, Maurice Evans, and René Petit.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Betti Alver ranks 105 out of 351. Before her are Ants Piip (1884), Ene Ergma (1944), Valeri Karpin (1969), Artur Kapp (1878), Johan Pitka (1872), and August Rei (1886). After her are Eduard Pütsep (1898), Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (1798), Otto Tief (1889), Eno Raud (1928), Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1805), and Oskar Luts (1887).

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Among WRITERS In Estonia

Among writers born in Estonia, Betti Alver ranks 11. Before her are Jaan Kaplinski (1941), Marie Under (1883), Balthasar Russow (1536), Hella Wuolijoki (1886), Eduard Vilde (1865), and Carl Robert Jakobson (1841). After her are Eno Raud (1928), Oskar Luts (1887), Juhan Smuul (1922), Jakob Hurt (1839), Friedebert Tuglas (1886), and August Jakobson (1904).

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