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Desanka Maksimović

1898 - 1993

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Desanka Maksimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Десанка Максимовић; 16 May 1898 – 11 February 1993) was a Serbian poet, writer and translator. Her first works were published in the literary journal Misao in 1920, while she was studying at the University of Belgrade. Within a few years, her poems appeared in the Serbian Literary Herald, Belgrade's most influential literary publication. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Desanka Maksimović has received more than 124,098 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Desanka Maksimović is the 1,918th most popular writer (down from 1,638th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 79th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Serbian Writer.

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  • 120k

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  • 55.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Desanka Maksimović ranks 1,918 out of 5,755. Before her are Edmond Jabès, Vita Sackville-West, Dora d'Istria, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Abu Hamid al-Gharnati, and Kaj Munk. After her are Sanai, Theodore I, Jaume Cabré, Bella Akhmadulina, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, and Stefania Wilczyńska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Desanka Maksimović ranks 89. Before her are Karl Mauss, Alberto Suppici, Grace Moore, Berenice Abbott, Piero Sraffa, and Kaj Munk. After her are Tawfiq al-Hakim, Leon Štukelj, Gulzarilal Nanda, Jean Fautrier, Fyodor Kuznetsov, and István Dobi. Among people deceased in 1993, Desanka Maksimović ranks 73. Before her are Myrna Loy, Yen Chia-kan, Silvina Ocampo, Nina Berberova, Tatiana Nikolayeva, and Pierre Bérégovoy. After her are E. P. Thompson, John Connally, Maurice Yaméogo, Wolfgang Lotz, Jan Gies, and John Tuzo Wilson.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Desanka Maksimović ranks 104 out of 564. Before her are Svetozar Gligorić (1923), Koča Popović (1908), Đorđe Balašević (1953), Stepa Stepanović (1856), Svetozar Marković (1846), and Mutimir of Serbia (830). After her are Nikolaj Velimirović (1880), Željko Obradović (1960), Jovan Divjak (1937), Vlastimir (805), Enki Bilal (1951), and Monica Seles (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Serbia

Among writers born in Serbia, Desanka Maksimović ranks 7. Before her are Vuk Karadžić (1787), Milorad Pavić (1929), Danilo Kiš (1935), Dobrica Ćosić (1921), Branislav Nušić (1864), and Radoje Domanović (1873). After her are Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833), Dezső Kosztolányi (1885), Isidora Sekulić (1877), Vasko Popa (1922), Đura Jakšić (1832), and Mika Antić (1932).

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