1914 - 1997
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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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.
1874 - 1936
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 422
1828 - 1882
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 423
1414 - 1492
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 424
20 BC - 50
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 425
1897 - 1982
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 426
1938 - 1980
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 427
1914 - 1997
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 428
239 BC - 169 BC
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 429
1644 - 1710
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 430
1863 - 1933
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 431
1832 - 1888
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 432
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 433
1240 - 1321
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 434
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.
1914 - 1991
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 9
1914 - 1944
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 10
1914 - 1992
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 11
1914 - 2000
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 12
1914 - 1980
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 13
1914 - 1984
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 14
1914 - 1997
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 15
1914 - 1998
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 16
1914 - 1997
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 17
1914 - 2008
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 18
1914 - 2000
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 19
1914 - 1982
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 20
1914 - 1995
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 21
1920 - 1997
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 9
1930 - 1997
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 10
1906 - 1997
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 11
1930 - 1997
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 12
1921 - 1997
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 13
1959 - 1997
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 14
1914 - 1997
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 15
1972 - 1997
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 16
1916 - 1997
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 17
1909 - 1997
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 18
1914 - 1997
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 19
1915 - 1997
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 20
1911 - 1997
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 21
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).
1948 - 1969
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 39
1922 - 2000
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 40
1289 - 1306
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 41
1937 - 2022
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 42
1271 - 1305
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 43
1896 - 1957
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 44
1914 - 1997
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 45
1872 - 1945
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 46
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 47
1931 - 2015
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 48
1781 - 1848
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 49
1940 - 2021
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 50
1939 - 2019
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 51
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).
1929 - 2023
HPI: 77.72
Rank: 1
1875 - 1926
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 2
1936 - 2011
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 3
1890 - 1938
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 4
1883 - 1923
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 5
1884 - 1968
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 6
1914 - 1997
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 7
1896 - 1944
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 8
1890 - 1945
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 9
1874 - 1936
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 10
1901 - 1986
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 11
1903 - 1943
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 12
1805 - 1868
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 13