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Constantine of Preslav

900 - 1000

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Constantine of Preslav (Bulgarian: Константин Преславски) was a medieval Bulgarian scholar, writer and translator, one of the most important men of letters working at the Preslav Literary School at the end of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century. Biographical evidence about his life is scarce but he is believed to have been a disciple of Saint Methodius. After the saint's death in 885, Constantine was jailed by the Germanic clergy in Great Moravia and sold as slave in Venice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Constantine of Preslav has received more than 31,296 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Constantine of Preslav is the 1,945th most popular writer, the 78th most popular biography from Bulgaria and the 9th most popular Bulgarian Writer.

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  • 31k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Constantine of Preslav ranks 1,945 out of 7,302. Before him are José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Vazha-Pshavela, Avitus of Vienne, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Nicholas Sparks, and André Brink. After him are Bernard Palissy, Jón Arason, Eugenio Barba, Jane Jacobs, Margarete Buber-Neumann, and Denis Fonvizin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900, Constantine of Preslav ranks 29. Before him are Yasovarman I, Alberic I of Spoleto, Gero, Mojmir II of Moravia, Fajsz, and Donald II of Scotland. After him are Movses Kaghankatvatsi, Indravarman I, Wiborada, Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy, Rorik of Dorestad, and Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin. Among people deceased in 1000, Constantine of Preslav ranks 8. Before him are Bjarni Herjólfsson, Al-Maqdisi, Harthacnut I of Denmark, Zoe Karbonopsina, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, and Abū Sahl al-Qūhī. After him are Henry of Speyer, Bertha of Swabia, Ibn Sahl, Abu Sulayman Sijistani, Joseph Genesius, and García Sánchez II of Pamplona.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Constantine of Preslav ranks 78 out of 415. Before him are Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha (1807), Časlav (896), Gregory Tsamblak (1365), Macrianus Major (250), Dorothea of Bulgaria (1355), and Adil Giray (1617). After him are Boyko Borisov (1959), Keratsa of Bulgaria (1348), Fakhri Pasha (1868), Smilets of Bulgaria (1200), George II of Bulgaria (1300), and Valko Chervenkov (1900).

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Among WRITERS In Bulgaria

Among writers born in Bulgaria, Constantine of Preslav ranks 9. Before him are Saint Naum (830), Hristo Botev (1848), Chernorizets Hrabar (890), Georgi Markov (1929), Ivan Vazov (1850), and Gregory Tsamblak (1365). After him are Sabahattin Ali (1907), Angel Wagenstein (1922), Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821), Nikola Vaptsarov (1909), Elin Pelin (1877), and Blaga Dimitrova (1922).

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