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WRITER

Bohumil Hrabal

1914 - 1997

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Bohumil Hrabal (Czech pronunciation: [ˈboɦumɪl ˈɦrabal]; 28 March 1914 – 3 February 1997) was a Czech writer, often named among the best Czech writers of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bohumil Hrabal has received more than 335,360 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Bohumil Hrabal is the 428th most popular writer (up from 540th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 50th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Czech Writer.

Bohumil Hrabal is most famous for his novels, such as Closely Watched Trains and The Unbearable Lightness of Being. He was a Czech author and a major figure in Czech literature.

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  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bohumil Hrabal ranks 428 out of 5,755. Before him are G. K. Chesterton, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Jami, Phaedrus, Louis Aragon, and Vladimir Vysotsky. After him are Ennius, Louise de La Vallière, Constantine P. Cavafy, Louisa May Alcott, Traudl Junge, and Yunus Emre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Bohumil Hrabal ranks 15. Before him are Jiang Qing, Michael Wittmann, Aribert Heim, Alec Guinness, Romain Gary, and Julio Cortázar. After him are Octavio Paz, William S. Burroughs, Richard Widmark, Lída Baarová, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, and Jonas Salk. Among people deceased in 1997, Bohumil Hrabal ranks 15. Before him are Toshiro Mifune, Mobutu Sese Seko, Victor Vasarely, Anton LaVey, Paulo Freire, and Israel Kamakawiwoʻole. After him are The Notorious B.I.G., Hans Eysenck, Isaiah Berlin, William S. Burroughs, Sviatoslav Richter, and Melvin Calvin.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Bohumil Hrabal ranks 45 out of 973. Before him are Jan Palach (1948), Emil Zátopek (1922), Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), Madeleine Albright (1937), Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271), and Gerty Cori (1896). After him are Emil Hácha (1872), Václav Klaus (1941), Josef Masopust (1931), Bernard Bolzano (1781), Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein (1940), and Karel Gott (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Bohumil Hrabal ranks 7. Before him are Milan Kundera (1929), Rainer Maria Rilke (1875), Václav Havel (1936), Karel Čapek (1890), Jaroslav Hašek (1883), and Max Brod (1884). After him are Milena Jesenská (1896), Franz Werfel (1890), Karl Kraus (1874), Jaroslav Seifert (1901), Julius Fučík (1903), and Adalbert Stifter (1805).

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