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Dora d'Istria

1828 - 1888

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Dora d'Istria, pen name of Duchess Helena Koltsova-Massalskaya, born Elena Ghica (Gjika) (22 January 1828 in Bucharest – 17 November 1888 in Florence), was a Romanian Romantic writer and feminist. She was an advocate for the Albanian national cause of the 19th century, and promoted the Albanian struggle for independence in Western Europe, despite not knowing the Albanian language herself. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dora d'Istria has received more than 103,213 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Dora d'Istria is the 2,046th most popular writer (down from 1,908th in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Romania (down from 132nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Romanian Writer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dora d'Istria ranks 2,046 out of 7,302. Before her are Tom Wolfe, Ahmad ibn Arabshah, Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Mirza Shafi Vazeh, Mahsati, and Maria Konopnicka. After her are Joachim Neander, Camilo Castelo Branco, François Hotman, Nigidius Figulus, Jacopone da Todi, and Erle Stanley Gardner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Dora d'Istria ranks 27. Before her are Alexander Butlerov, Iosif Gurko, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Friedrich Albert Lange, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, and Charles de Freycinet. After her are Antoinette de Mérode, Meyer Guggenheim, George Meredith, Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, Rainilaiarivony, and Joseph Dietzgen. Among people deceased in 1888, Dora d'Istria ranks 37. Before her are Princess Helena of Nassau, Charles Cros, Catherine Eddowes, Vsevolod Garshin, Henri Herz, and Eugène Marin Labiche. After her are Josif Pančić, Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, Philip Sheridan, Auguste Maquet, Matthew Arnold, and Gustave Boulanger.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Dora d'Istria ranks 138 out of 844. Before her are Joseph M. Juran (1904), Mihai Antonescu (1904), Victor Brauner (1903), Manea Mănescu (1916), Bálint Bakfark (1507), and Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (1784). After her are Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812), Marthe Bibesco (1886), Sergiu Nicolaescu (1930), Vazgen I (1908), Francis I Rákóczi (1645), and István Bethlen (1874).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Dora d'Istria ranks 17. Before her are Károly Kerényi (1897), Ion Luca Caragiale (1852), Lajos Zilahy (1891), Ion Creangă (1837), Miklós Nyiszli (1901), and Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916). After her are Marthe Bibesco (1886), János Arany (1817), Mircea Cărtărescu (1956), Vasile Alecsandri (1821), Mihail Sebastian (1907), and Mihail Sadoveanu (1880).

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