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Ferenc Kölcsey

1790 - 1838

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Ferenc Kölcsey (archaically English: Francis Kolcsey, 8 August 1790 in Sződemeter – 24 August 1838) was a Hungarian poet, literary critic, orator, and politician, noted for his support of the liberal current in Hungary regarding the politics involving the Austrian Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferenc Kölcsey has received more than 68,495 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferenc Kölcsey is the 3,313th most popular writer (down from 3,197th in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 318th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.50

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  • 4.34

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ferenc Kölcsey ranks 3,313 out of 5,755Before him are Myrtis of Anthedon, Dagmar Lange, Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, François de La Mothe Le Vayer, Kosta Khetagurov, and Aboul-Qacem Echebbi. After him are Aleksandrs Čaks, Jean Echenoz, Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī, Robert Garnier, Kjeld Abell, and James Salter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, Ferenc Kölcsey ranks 29Before him are Karol Lipiński, Nassau William Senior, Juan Álvarez, Claude Pouillet, Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, and Ferdinand Raimund. After him are Jean René Constant Quoy, Simon von Stampfer, James Pradier, Juan Lindo, Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy, and Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom. Among people deceased in 1838, Ferenc Kölcsey ranks 23Before him are Black Hawk, Heinrich Marx, José Bonifácio de Andrada, Joseph Lancaster, William Clark, and Osceola. After him are Kaspar Maria von Sternberg, Piet Retief, Maximilian von Montgelas, Jędrzej Śniadecki, Frédéric Cuvier, and Ludwig Abeille.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ferenc Kölcsey ranks 343 out of 866Before him are István Kertész (1929), Andrew G. Vajna (1944), József Rippl-Rónai (1861), Eugen Varga (1879), Milán Füst (1888), and Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun (1677). After him are Károly Palotai (1935), Dénes Kőnig (1884), Bertalan Farkas (1949), George Gerbner (1919), József Eötvös (1813), and Miklós Ybl (1814).

Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Ferenc Kölcsey ranks 39Before him are Géza Gárdonyi (1863), Mihály Babits (1883), Antal Szerb (1901), László Polgár (1946), Tibor Déry (1894), and Milán Füst (1888). After him are István Örkény (1912), Zsigmond Móricz (1879), Gyula Krúdy (1878), Sándor Weöres (1913), Jenő Rejtő (1905), and István Fekete (1900).