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Betti Alver

1906 - 1989

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Elisabet "Betti" Alver (23 November [O.S. 10 November] 1906 in Jõgeva – 19 June 1989 in Tartu), 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 32,892 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Betti Alver is the 3,734th most popular writer (down from 3,625th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Estonian Writer.

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.27

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  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Betti Alver ranks 3,734 out of 5,755Before her are Onomacritus, Chairil Anwar, Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano, Beryl Markham, Jean-Louis de Rambures, and David Lagercrantz. After her are Luigi Alamanni, Enrique Vila-Matas, David Baldacci, Natallia Arsiennieva, Anne Hébert, and Juana de Ibarbourou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Betti Alver ranks 204Before her are Max August Zorn, Maurice Sachs, Laurens van der Post, Roman Karmen, Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Madeleine Carroll. After her are Walter Legge, Penn Nouth, S. D. Burman, Martí Ventolrà, Alexandre Trauner, and Juan Modesto. Among people deceased in 1989, Betti Alver ranks 153Before her are Robert Webber, Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark, Mouloud Mammeri, Bernard-Marie Koltès, Donald Barthelme, and Arsenie Boca. After her are Pavel Kurochkin, Veniamin Kaverin, Yasushi Akutagawa, José Bustamante y Rivero, Harald Edelstam, and Jacques Doniol-Valcroze.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Betti Alver ranks 99 out of 310Before her are Martin Klein (1884), Hella Wuolijoki (1886), Ants Antson (1938), Otto Tief (1889), Johan Pitka (1872), and Jüri Järvet (1919). After her are Kristjan Palusalu (1908), Paavo Järvi (1962), Jaan Teemant (1872), Ants Piip (1884), Juhan Kukk (1885), and Erhard Schmidt (1876).

Among WRITERS In Estonia

Among writers born in Estonia, Betti Alver ranks 12Before her are Marie Under (1883), Balthasar Russow (1536), Carl Robert Jakobson (1841), Eduard Vilde (1865), Oskar Luts (1887), and Hella Wuolijoki (1886). After her are Juhan Liiv (1864), Friedebert Tuglas (1886), Jakob Hurt (1839), Juhan Smuul (1922), Alexander Vostokov (1781), and Viivi Luik (1946).