WRITER

Egon Kisch

1885 - 1948

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Egon Erwin Kisch (29 April 1885 – 31 March 1948) was an Austrian and Czechoslovak writer and journalist, who wrote in German. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Egon Kisch has received more than 152,297 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Egon Kisch is the 1,660th most popular writer (down from 1,654th in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Czechia and the 21st most popular Czech Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Läuse auf dem Markt
1993
Der rasende Reporter
1930
Marktplatz der Sensationen
1947
Landung in Australien
Social conditions, Description and travel, Travel
1937
Asien gründlich verändert
Description and travel
1932
Gesammelte Werke in Einzelausgaben
1900

Page views of Egon Kisches by language

Over the past year Egon Kisch has had the most page views in the with 51,829 views, followed by English (14,518), and Czech (14,130). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (77.56%), Catalan (71.66%), and Irish (52.05%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Egon Kisch ranks 1,660 out of 7,302. Before him are Christy Brown, Meleager of Gadara, Alma Karlin, Ba Jin, Anagarika Dharmapala, and Algernon Charles Swinburne. After him are Joseph Needham, Nina Berberova, Walafrid Strabo, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Gampopa, and Nicander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Egon Kisch ranks 69. Before him are Sydney Chaplin, René Grousset, Alois Hudal, Sisavang Vong, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, and Khải Định. After him are Soemu Toyoda, Jules Romains, Viktor Schauberger, Agustín Barrios, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, and John Edensor Littlewood. Among people deceased in 1948, Egon Kisch ranks 60. Before him are Feng Yuxiang, Béla Miklós, Archduke Wilhelm of Austria, Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, and Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. After him are Mitsumasa Yonai, Irmfried Eberl, Radola Gajda, Hasan Salama, Jacques Feyder, and Therese Brandl.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Egon Kisch ranks 207 out of 1,200. Before him are Jiří Trnka (1912), Miloš Jakeš (1922), Ivan Klíma (1931), Catherine of Poděbrady (1449), Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (1064), and Vilém Flusser (1920). After him are Franz Bardon (1909), Otfried Preußler (1923), Otto Kittel (1917), Jan Kodeš (1946), Karl von Terzaghi (1883), and Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia (970).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Egon Kisch ranks 21. Before him are Alfred Kubin (1877), Adalbert Stifter (1805), Cosmas of Prague (1045), Josef Čapek (1887), Guido Adler (1855), and Ivan Klíma (1931). After him are Otfried Preußler (1923), Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830), Princess Michael of Kent (1945), Martin of Opava (1300), Petr Ginz (1928), and Josef Lada (1887).

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