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Elia Levita

1469 - 1549

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Elia Levita (13 February 1469 – 28 January 1549) (Hebrew: אליהו בן אשר הלוי אשכנזי), also known as Elijah Levita, Elias Levita, Élie Lévita, Elia Levita Ashkenazi, Eliahu Levita, Eliyahu haBahur ("Elijah the Bachelor"), Elye Bokher, was a Renaissance Hebrew grammarian, scholar, and poet. He was the author of the Bovo-Bukh (written in 1507–1508), the most popular chivalric romance written in Yiddish. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elia Levita has received more than 94,478 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Elia Levita is the 2,957th most popular writer (down from 2,879th in 2019), the 3,004th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,801st in 2019) and the 185th most popular German Writer.

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  • 94k

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  • 51.74

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elia Levita ranks 2,957 out of 5,755Before him are Gabriela Zapolska, Adrienne Rich, Yu Kil-chun, Sebastian Franck, Michael Bond, and Mihály Babits. After him are Jean-François Regnard, Alexandros Papadiamantis, Silvio Pellico, Antiphanes, Vydūnas, and Friedrich Wolf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1469, Elia Levita ranks 9Before him are Guru Nanak, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Thomas Cajetan, John Fisher, Rodrigo de Triana, and Ishak Pasha. After him are Francesco Granacci and Laura Cereta. Among people deceased in 1549, Elia Levita ranks 7Before him are Pope Paul III, Marguerite de Navarre, Il Sodoma, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Christine of Saxony, and Giampietrino.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Elia Levita ranks 3,004 out of 6,142Before him are Ludwig Reichenbach (1793), Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620), Max Slevogt (1868), Horst Frank (1929), Sebastian Franck (1499), and Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1805). After him are Michael Rummenigge (1964), Julius Röntgen (1855), Fritz Darges (1913), Friedrich Wolf (1888), Wilhelm Griesinger (1817), and Herbert Achternbusch (1938).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Elia Levita ranks 185Before him are Karl Gutzkow (1811), Dorothea von Schlegel (1764), Johann Ernst Glück (1652), Paul Fleming (1609), Jurij Brězan (1916), and Sebastian Franck (1499). After him are Friedrich Wolf (1888), Herbert Achternbusch (1938), Rolf Hochhuth (1931), Arno Schmidt (1914), Ricarda Huch (1864), and Heinrich Vogeler (1872).