WRITER

Dobrica Ćosić

1921 - 2014

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Dobrica Ćosić (Serbian: Добрица Ћосић, pronounced [dǒbritsa tɕôːsitɕ]; 29 December 1921 – 18 May 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician, writer, and political theorist. Ćosić was twice awarded the prestigious NIN award for literature and Medal of Pushkin for his writing. His books have been translated into 30 languages.He was the first President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with his tenure lasting from 1992 to 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dobrica Ćosić has received more than 276,488 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Dobrica Ćosić is the 811th most popular writer (up from 1,011th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Serbia (up from 57th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Serbian Writer.

Dobrica Ćosić is most famous for being the leader of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) from 1990 to 1999.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Vreme smrti
World War, 1914-1918
1972
Koreni
1960
Daleko je sunce
1953
Piščevi zapisi
2000
Deobe
1961
Vreme zmija
2008

Page views of Dobrica Ćosić by language

Over the past year Dobrica Ćosić has had the most page views in the with 54,725 views, followed by English (35,325), and Croatian (13,633). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (58.51%), Basque (49.38%), and Serbo-Croatian (48.74%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dobrica Ćosić ranks 811 out of 7,302. Before him are Karl Harrer, Jan Potocki, Thomas Hardy, Daniel Keyes, Magtymguly Pyragy, and Max Frisch. After him are John le Carré, Basava, Odysseas Elytis, Danilo Kiš, Charles Maurras, and Tony Buzan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Dobrica Ćosić ranks 44. Before him are Yoichiro Nambu, Akio Morita, Edgar Morin, Alida Valli, Aaron T. Beck, and Kurt Knispel. After him are Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Abdul Salam Arif, Kenneth Arrow, Nexhmije Hoxha, Herschel Grynszpan, and Georges Brassens. Among people deceased in 2014, Dobrica Ćosić ranks 37. Before him are Adolfo Suárez, Lorin Maazel, Jack Brabham, Masaru Emoto, Maya Angelou, and Daniel Keyes. After him are Mickey Rooney, Karlheinz Böhm, Luise Rainer, P. D. James, Yozo Aoki, and Maurice Duverger.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Dobrica Ćosić ranks 53 out of 661. Before him are Krum (710), Milorad Pavić (1929), Aleksandar Ranković (1909), Milan Nedić (1878), Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia (1806), and Bora Milutinović (1944). After him are Danilo Kiš (1935), Mihailo Obrenović (1823), Branislav Nušić (1864), Radomir Putnik (1847), Saliha Sultan (1680), and Olivera Despina (1372).

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Among WRITERS In Serbia

Among writers born in Serbia, Dobrica Ćosić ranks 3. Before him are Vuk Karadžić (1787), and Milorad Pavić (1929). After him are Danilo Kiš (1935), Branislav Nušić (1864), Radoje Domanović (1873), Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833), Desanka Maksimović (1898), Đura Jakšić (1832), Vasko Popa (1922), Aleksandar Tišma (1924), and Isidora Sekulić (1877).

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