WRITER

Eduard Vilde

1865 - 1933

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Eduard Vilde (4 March [O.S. 20 February] 1865 – 26 December 1933) was an Estonian writer, a pioneer of critical realism in Estonian literature, and a diplomat. He was the author of classics such as The War in Mahtra and The Milkman from Mäeküla. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eduard Vilde has received more than 51,450 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Eduard Vilde is the 3,132nd most popular writer (up from 3,397th in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 81st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Estonian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eduard Vilde ranks 3,132 out of 7,302Before him are Yury Tynyanov, Antoine de Rivarol, Salimbene di Adam, Marianne Williamson, Erri De Luca, and Charles de Saint-Évremond. After him are Gunnar Ekelöf, Robert Harris, Símun av Skarði, Mario Soldati, Étienne Jodelle, and Konstantine Gamsakhurdia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Eduard Vilde ranks 101Before him are Epitácio Pessoa, Bernard Berenson, Aaron Kosminski, Henri Lebasque, Winnaretta Singer, and Emma Eckstein. After him are Lily Braun, Cândido Rondon, Lubor Niederle, Edgar Aabye, Albéric Magnard, and Wilson Bentley. Among people deceased in 1933, Eduard Vilde ranks 60Before him are Princess Mathilde of Saxony, Albert Apponyi, Takiji Kobayashi, Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt, Toktogul Satylganov, and Andrey Lyapchev. After him are Ernst Hartert, Prince Alfons of Bavaria, Ion G. Duca, Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro, and Zacharia Paliashvili.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Eduard Vilde ranks 74 out of 351Before him are Herman Wrangel (1584), Viktor Kingissepp (1888), Edgar Savisaar (1950), Paul Ariste (1905), Alexander von Benckendorff (1782), and Hella Wuolijoki (1886). After him are Heino Eller (1887), Käbi Laretei (1922), Kazimierz Świątek (1914), Jüri Järvet (1919), Jüri Tarmak (1946), and Kaarel Eenpalu (1888).

Among WRITERS In Estonia

Among writers born in Estonia, Eduard Vilde ranks 9Before him are Lydia Koidula (1843), Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878), Jaan Kaplinski (1941), Marie Under (1883), Balthasar Russow (1536), and Hella Wuolijoki (1886). After him are Carl Robert Jakobson (1841), Betti Alver (1906), Eno Raud (1928), Oskar Luts (1887), Juhan Smuul (1922), and Jakob Hurt (1839).