PHILOSOPHER

Egon Bondy

1930 - 2007

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Egon Bondy, born Zbyněk Fišer (20 January 1930 in Prague – 9 April 2007 in Bratislava), was a Czech writer, with prolific and distinctive output in poetry, prose and philosophy, one of the leading personalities of the Prague underground. The scope of his works is exceptionally broad: he published about thirty books of poetry, ranging from epic poems in early 1950s to meditative philosophical works in the 1980s. He also published about twenty novels, including Invalidní sourozenci, most of them dealing with the topic of crisis in an individual vis a vis society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Egon Bondy has received more than 56,097 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Egon Bondy is the 973rd most popular philosopher (up from 987th in 2019), the 438th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 455th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Czech Philosopher.

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  • 51.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Egon Bondy ranks 973 out of 1,267. Before him are Harald Høffding, Fazlur Rahman Malik, Martin Lings, Pierre Nicole, Imran N. Hosein, and Maitreyi. After him are Samuel Clarke, Yun Hyu, Ernest Nagel, Olof Celsius, Guillaume Faye, and Wilfrid Sellars.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Egon Bondy ranks 285. Before him are Rubén Morán, Lawrence Eagleburger, Jorma Panula, Julio Abbadie, Jan Olszewski, and Ryszard Kukliński. After him are Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Gary Snyder, Ernst Tugendhat, Arsenio Iglesias, Kurt Nielsen, and Sigge Parling. Among people deceased in 2007, Egon Bondy ranks 186. Before him are Chris Benoit, Gian Carlo Menotti, Aaron Russo, Alfons Maria Stickler, Bruno Mattei, and Tosiwo Nakayama. After him are Pierre Granier-Deferre, Antonio María Javierre Ortas, Toulo de Graffenried, Angelo Felici, Ken McGregor, and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Egon Bondy ranks 438 out of 1,200. Before him are Jiří Wolker (1900), Hana Brady (1931), Anton Stamitz (1750), Ivan Hlinka (1950), Marek Jankulovski (1977), and Arnošt Lustig (1926). After him are Maria Jeritza (1887), Moritz Steinschneider (1816), Karl Deutsch (1912), Jan Kalivoda (1801), Eva Herzigová (1973), and Dominik Hašek (1965).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Czechia

Among philosophers born in Czechia, Egon Bondy ranks 14. Before him are Vilém Flusser (1920), Karel Kosík (1926), Theodor Gomperz (1832), František Tomášek (1899), Tomáš Halík (1948), and Herbert Feigl (1902). After him are Ernst Tugendhat (1930), and Ladislav Klíma (1878).

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