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Dritëro Agolli

1931 - 2017

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Dritëro Agolli (13 October 1931 – 3 February 2017) was an Albanian poet, writer and politician. He studied in Leningrad in the Soviet Union, and wrote primarily poetry, but also short stories, essays, plays, and novels. He was head of the League of Writers and Artists of Albania from 1973 until 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dritëro Agolli has received more than 156,977 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Dritëro Agolli is the 2,846th most popular writer (up from 2,897th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Albania (down from 39th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Albanian Writer.

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  • 30

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  • 2.93

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  • 3.72

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dritëro Agolli ranks 2,846 out of 5,755Before him are Dracontius, Valery Larbaud, Stanko Vraz, Camilla Collett, Mircea Cărtărescu, and Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński. After him are Charles-Louis Philippe, Olena Teliha, Jacques Delille, Peter Høeg, Jean Rhys, and Daniel Varoujan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Dritëro Agolli ranks 203Before him are Alda Merini, Rajko Kuzmanović, David Eddings, Allen Klein, Dean Jones, and Mickey Mantle. After him are Sylvano Bussotti, Roger Piantoni, Michael O. Rabin, William Goldman, Philip Baker Hall, and Vishwanath Pratap Singh. Among people deceased in 2017, Dritëro Agolli ranks 184Before him are William Baumol, Mary Tyler Moore, Kim Jong-hyun, Charles Robert Jenkins, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, and Lennart Nilsson. After him are Allan Holdsworth, Arthur Janov, Roger Walkowiak, Michael Ballhaus, Federico Luppi, and Marjorie Boulton.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Dritëro Agolli ranks 40 out of 111Before him are Koca Davud Pasha (1401), Adil Çarçani (1922), Bujar Nishani (1966), Aleksandër Stavre Drenova (1872), Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (1939), and Panajot Pano (1939). After him are Abdyl Frashëri (1839), Omer Nishani (1887), Inva Mula (1963), Frang Bardhi (1606), Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (1911), and Kolë Idromeno (1860).

Among WRITERS In Albania

Among writers born in Albania, Dritëro Agolli ranks 5Before him are Ismail Kadare (1936), Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914), Sami Frashëri (1850), and Aleksandër Stavre Drenova (1872). After him are Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (1911), Pashko Vasa (1825), and Ndre Mjeda (1866).