WRITER

David Bergelson

1884 - 1952

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David (or Dovid) Bergelson (Yiddish: דוד בערגעלסאָן, Russian: Давид Бергельсон, 12 August 1884 – 12 August 1952) was a Yiddish language writer born in the Russian Empire. He lived for a time in Berlin, Germany, before moving to the Soviet Union following the Nazi rise to power in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Bergelson has received more than 54,683 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). David Bergelson is the 3,598th most popular writer (down from 3,508th in 2019), the 545th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 496th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 55k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Opgang
1922
Geḳlibene ṿerḳ
1929
Ṿerḳ
Yiddish literature
1922
Mayśe-bikhl
1983
Arum ṿoḳzal
1909
Nokh alemen
1913
Ṿerḳ
Yiddish literature
1922
End of Everything
2010
Nokh alemen
1923
Rasskazy
1936
Arum ṿoḳzal
1909
Geḳlibene ṿerḳ
1929

Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Bergelson ranks 3,598 out of 7,302. Before him are António Ferreira, Christopher Hampton, Mazo de la Roche, Thorkild Hansen, Alfréd Wetzler, and Teofilo Folengo. After him are Mikhail Isakovsky, James Tiptree Jr., Elin Pelin, Juan José Saer, Faltonia Betitia Proba, and Gysbert Japiks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, David Bergelson ranks 122. Before him are Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz, Frederick Lorz, Angelos Sikelianos, Ralph Benatzky, Agus Salim, and Willem Marinus Dudok. After him are Roy Chapman Andrews, Jack Greenwell, Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, Dénes Kőnig, Margit Slachta, and Juhan Aavik. Among people deceased in 1952, David Bergelson ranks 99. Before him are Antonia Maury, Alberto Savinio, Edward S. Curtis, Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Krystyna Skarbek, and Max Dehn. After him are Adolf Busch, Gino Fano, Ludwig Kaas, Karel Lamač, Herman Sörgel, and Italo Montemezzi.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, David Bergelson ranks 545 out of 1,365. Before him are Dmitri Ivanenko (1904), Oleksiy Danilov (1962), Jerzy Kuryłowicz (1895), Yakov Malik (1906), Inessa Kravets (1966), and Polina Osipenko (1907). After him are Jan Koum (1976), Ivan Martinov (1771), Jan Brzechwa (1898), Alexander Bogomazov (1880), Kazimierz Górski (1921), and Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz (1890).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, David Bergelson ranks 75. Before him are Mikhail Koltsov (1898), Lev Nussimbaum (1905), Vladimir Megre (1950), Olena Pchilka (1849), Mikhail Zhvanetsky (1934), and Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko (1778). After him are Jan Brzechwa (1898), Ilya Ilf (1897), Viktor Nekrasov (1911), Oksana Zabuzhko (1960), Yevhen Hrebinka (1812), and Maksym Rylsky (1895).

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