WRITER

Branko Ćopić

1915 - 1984

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Branko Ćopić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Ћопић, pronounced [brǎːnkɔ t͡ɕɔ̂pit͡ɕ]; 1 January 1915 – 26 March 1984) was a Serbian writer. He wrote poetry, short stories, and novels, and became famous for his stories for children and young adults, often set during World War II in revolutionary Yugoslavia, written with characteristic humor in the form of ridicule, satire, and irony. As a professional writer, Ćopić was very popular and was able to sell large numbers of copies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Branko Ćopić has received more than 172,627 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Branko Ćopić is the 1,433rd most popular writer (up from 1,688th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (down from 46th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Partizanska lirika
Revolutionary poetry, Serbian, Serbian Revolutionary poetry
1976
Stari nevjernik
1964
Priče o Krajini
2001
Doživljaji Nikoletine Bursaća
World War, 1939-1945, Fiction
1966
Bašta sljezove boje
1970
Prolom
1952

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Branko Ćopić ranks 1,433 out of 7,302. Before him are Ihara Saikaku, Marcel Aymé, Karin Boye, Torben Ulrich, Rafael Alberti, and Ivan Vazov. After him are Miklós Zrínyi, Georges Feydeau, Petar Zrinski, Wilhelm Müller, Seamus Heaney, and Giuseppe Ungaretti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Branko Ćopić ranks 57. Before him are Marie-Louise von Franz, Peter Medawar, Helmut Schön, Miroslav Filipović, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, and Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este. After him are Santiago Carrillo, Henry Taube, Abba Eban, Gyula Zsengellér, Alan Watts, and W. Arthur Lewis. Among people deceased in 1984, Branko Ćopić ranks 53. Before him are Brassaï, Jackie Coogan, Jerzy Popiełuszko, Joseph Losey, Chaïm Perelman, and George Gaylord Simpson. After him are Hans Speidel, Rodrigo Lara, Count Basie, Andy Kaufman, Marcel Janco, and Souvanna Phouma.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Branko Ćopić ranks 48 out of 375. Before him are Silvana Armenulić (1939), Mate Boban (1940), Matrakçı Nasuh (1480), Bakir Izetbegović (1956), Miroslav Filipović (1915), and Stjepan Vukčić Kosača (1404). After him are Željko Bebek (1945), Lepa Radić (1925), Nedeljko Čabrinović (1895), Milan Galić (1938), Petar Kočić (1877), and Branko Mikulić (1928).

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Among WRITERS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among writers born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Branko Ćopić ranks 3. Before him are Ivo Andrić (1892), and Meša Selimović (1910). After him are Petar Kočić (1877), Aleksa Šantić (1868), Jovan Dučić (1871), Mak Dizdar (1917), Predrag Matvejević (1932), Isak Samokovlija (1889), Abdulah Sidran (1944), Filip Višnjić (1767), and Safvet-beg Bašagić (1870).

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