WRITER

Emil František Burian

1904 - 1959

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Emil František Burian (11 June 1904 – 9 August 1959) was a Czech poet, journalist, singer, actor, musician, composer, dramatic adviser, playwright and director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emil František Burian has received more than 38,252 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Emil František Burian is the 5,130th most popular writer (down from 4,689th in 2019), the 640th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 565th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Czech Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Emil František Burian ranks 5,130 out of 7,302Before him are Abbas Sahhat, Warren Farrell, Edoardo Sanguineti, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Enzo Biagi, and Patrick Rothfuss. After him are Laura Cereta, Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, Harold Russell, Louella Parsons, Margita Figuli, and Albert Mol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Emil František Burian ranks 257Before him are Tommy Douglas, Boris Livanov, Jeane Dixon, Vasili Merkuryev, Antonio Vojak, and Clyfford Still. After him are Renzo Minoli, Giorgio La Pira, Humberto Elgueta, Bernard Schmetz, Gladys George, and Roberto Figueroa. Among people deceased in 1959, Emil František Burian ranks 164Before him are Ivan Perestiani, Balthasar van der Pol, Antonio Campolo, José Durand Laguna, Abdul Muis, and Edith Clarke. After him are Ivor Bueb, Seán Lester, Eero Lehtonen, Leslie Johnson, Peter Platzer, and Paul Van Asbroeck.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Emil František Burian ranks 640 out of 1,200Before him are Vladimír Martinec (1949), Josef Gočár (1880), Josef Zeman (1915), Zdeněk Nejedlý (1878), Friedrich Gustav Piffl (1864), and Vlastimil Tusar (1880). After him are Anton Heinrich Springer (1825), Gerhard Auer (1943), Franciszek Rychnowski (1850), Martin Turnovský (1928), Josef Tošovský (1950), and Karel Domin (1882).

Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Emil František Burian ranks 74Before him are Karel Sabina (1813), František Halas (1901), Hellmuth Karasek (1934), Adolf Born (1930), Karolina Světlá (1830), and František Čelakovský (1799). After him are Petr Bezruč (1867), Jakub Arbes (1840), Otokar Březina (1868), Eduard Bass (1888), Jaroslav Kvapil (1868), and Fredy Perlman (1934).