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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 173,092 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Božena Němcová is the 850th most popular writer (up from 1,300th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Austria (up from 316th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Austrian Writer.

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  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Božena Němcová ranks 850 out of 5,755Before her are Ibycus, Rubén Darío, Eleanor Marx, Antoine Galland, Theodor Fontane, and Dio Chrysostom. After her are Lafcadio Hearn, Walter Lippmann, Clemens Brentano, Anna Seghers, Achim von Arnim, and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Božena Němcová ranks 15Before her are Jenny Lind, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Multatuli, Heungseon Daewongun, Henri Vieuxtemps, and Susan B. Anthony. After her are William Tecumseh Sherman, Princess Alexandrine of Baden, Lewis A. Swift, William John Macquorn Rankine, John Tyndall, and Mathilde Bonaparte. Among people deceased in 1862, Božena Němcová ranks 8Before her are Henry David Thoreau, Samuel Colt, John Tyler, Jean-Baptiste Biot, Bahadur Shah Zafar, and James Clark Ross. After her are Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Fromental Halévy, Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Karl Nesselrode, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, and Elizabeth Siddal.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Božena Němcová ranks 216 out of 1,237Before her are Ferdinand Piëch (1937), Josef von Sternberg (1894), Leopold I, Duke of Austria (1290), Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria (1589), Anton Diabelli (1781), and Bruno Bettelheim (1903). After her are Otto of Freising (1114), Jörg Haider (1950), Oskar Potiorek (1853), Albert IV, Duke of Austria (1377), Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871), and Elizabeth of Austria (1526).

Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Božena Němcová ranks 20Before her are Walther von der Vogelweide (1170), Hermann Broch (1886), Edward Bernays (1891), Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797), Miep Gies (1909), and Ingeborg Bachmann (1926). After her are Otto of Freising (1114), Klaus Ebner (1964), Franz Grillparzer (1791), August Kubizek (1888), Eva Schloss (1929), and Joseph Mohr (1792).