WRITER

Ferenc Karinthy

1921 - 1992

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Ferenc Karinthy (June 2, 1921 – February 29, 1992) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, journalist, editor and translator, as well as a water polo champion. He authored more than a dozen novels. His father was the writer and journalist Frigyes Karinthy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferenc Karinthy has received more than 45,512 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferenc Karinthy is the 4,908th most popular writer (down from 4,404th in 2019), the 538th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 461st in 2019) and the 54th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ferenc Karinthy ranks 4,908 out of 7,302. Before him are Jonathan Coe, Jean-Christophe Rufin, Nathanael West, Ann Druyan, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, and Suzanne Lilar. After him are Marilynne Robinson, Horatio Alger, Alan Paton, C. L. Moore, Diane Ackerman, and Eugène Guillevic.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Ferenc Karinthy ranks 311. Before him are Roger Bocquet, Ilse Werner, Abdelmalek Benhabyles, Tony Scott, Isabella Bashmakova, and George Nader. After him are Ottavio Missoni, Alan Freed, Sahir Ludhianvi, Kees de Jager, Jeanne Demessieux, and Tafari Benti. Among people deceased in 1992, Ferenc Karinthy ranks 199. Before him are Robert Berdella, Gino Rossetti, Vladas Mikėnas, Silviu Bindea, Bo Lindman, and Suzanne Lilar. After him are William Schuman, Tibor Kemény, Allan Bloom, Neville Brand, Roque Olsen, and Georges Beuchat.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ferenc Karinthy ranks 538 out of 1,077. Before him are Elizabeth Roboz Einstein (1904), Balázs Taróczy (1954), Béla Kárpáti (1929), Tamás Mendelényi (1936), György Piller (1899), and József Turay (1905). After him are Sándor Tarics (1913), József Katona (1791), Victor Varconi (1891), István Csom (1940), Tibor Kemény (1913), and Dezső Földes (1880).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Ferenc Karinthy ranks 54. Before him are Edith Bruck (1931), Sándor Weöres (1913), Kató Lomb (1909), Gyula Illyés (1902), Mihály Csokonai (1773), and Jenő Rejtő (1905). After him are József Katona (1791), István Fekete (1900), Károly Kisfaludy (1788), Júlia Szendrey (1828), György Faludy (1910), and Joe Eszterhas (1944).

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