WRITER

Božena Němcová

1820 - 1862

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Božena Němcová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈboʒɛna ˈɲɛmtsovaː]) (4 February 1820 in Vienna – 21 January 1862 in Prague) was a Czech writer of the final phase of the Czech National Revival movement. Her image is featured on the 500 CZK denomination of the Česká koruna. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Božena Němcová has received more than 183,534 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Božena Němcová is the 918th most popular writer (down from 849th in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from Austria (down from 216th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Austrian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Povídky
1928
Karla
1900
Babička
Children's stories, Czech
1855
Pohorská vesnice
1856
Granny
1962
Pohádky
Fairy tales
1957
Karla
1900
Pohorská vesnice
1856
Povídky
1928
Pohádky
Fairy tales
1957
Babička
Children's stories, Czech
1855
Granny
Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Czech fiction, Translations into English
1962

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Božena Němcová ranks 918 out of 7,302. Before her are Achim von Arnim, L. Ron Hubbard, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Anna Seghers, and Walter Lippmann. After her are Thomas Wolfe, Clifford D. Simak, Jacques Clément, James May, Jens Peter Jacobsen, and Miep Gies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Božena Němcová ranks 13. Before her are Henri, Count of Chambord, Jenny Lind, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Multatuli, Harriet Tubman, and Susan B. Anthony. After her are Henri Vieuxtemps, William John Macquorn Rankine, Lewis A. Swift, Mathilde Bonaparte, Edmond Becquerel, and Heungseon Daewongun. Among people deceased in 1862, Božena Němcová ranks 9. Before her are Samuel Colt, Jean-Baptiste Biot, John Tyler, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, and James Clark Ross. After her are Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Fromental Halévy, Karl Nesselrode, Elizabeth Siddal, Henry Thomas Buckle, and Princess Maria Antonia Koháry.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Božena Němcová ranks 225 out of 1,424. Before her are Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria (1692), Thomas Klestil (1932), Maria Schell (1926), Albert IV, Duke of Austria (1377), Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1762), and Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817). After her are Ferdinand II of Portugal (1816), Miep Gies (1909), Bruno Kreisky (1911), Otto Bauer (1881), Oskar Potiorek (1853), and Roland Ratzenberger (1960).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Božena Němcová ranks 20. Before her are Edward Bernays (1891), Walther von der Vogelweide (1170), Otto of Freising (1114), Klaus Ebner (1964), Franz Grillparzer (1791), and Ingeborg Bachmann (1926). After her are Miep Gies (1909), August Kubizek (1888), Christine Nöstlinger (1936), Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797), Joseph Mohr (1792), and Vicki Baum (1888).

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