WRITER

Fran Saleški Finžgar

1871 - 1962

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Fran Saleški Finžgar (February 9, 1871 – June 2, 1962) was perhaps the most popular Slovene folk writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fran Saleški Finžgar has received more than 22,244 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Fran Saleški Finžgar is the 6,195th most popular writer, the 129th most popular biography from Slovenia and the 25th most popular Slovene Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 22k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fran Saleški Finžgar ranks 6,195 out of 7,302Before him are Alan Hollinghurst, Amory Lovins, Alan Garner, Dmitry Gordon, John Barbour, and Dejan Ajdačić. After him are Dafydd ap Gwilym, Mike Godwin, Sylvain Tesson, Birger Sjöberg, Bernice Rubens, and Alain LeRoy Locke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Fran Saleški Finžgar ranks 171Before him are Jack Butler Yeats, William Diller Matthew, John Sloan, Eugen Burg, Anne Sewell Young, and Reginald Aldworth Daly. After him are Saint-George Ashe, Richard Carle, Marion Mahony Griffin, John Langalibalele Dube, James Weldon Johnson, and Newton D. Baker. Among people deceased in 1962, Fran Saleški Finžgar ranks 211Before him are R. H. Tawney, Bjørn Rasmussen, Léon Binoche, Dorothy Brookshaw, Edy Reinalter, and Julius Lenhart. After him are Augusta Savage, George Vernot, Ron Flockhart, A. E. Douglass, Helena Kottler Vurnik, and Robert S. Woodworth.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Fran Saleški Finžgar ranks 129 out of 340Before him are Luiza Pesjak (1828), Janez Evangelist Krek (1865), Rok Petrovič (1966), Miran Tepeš (1961), Kristina Brenk (1911), and Mateja Svet (1968). After him are Alfred Jermaniš (1967), Peter Kauzer (1983), Iztok Puc (1966), Aloysius Ambrozic (1930), Peter Prevc (1992), and Slavko Vinčić (1979).

Among WRITERS In Slovenia

Among writers born in Slovenia, Fran Saleški Finžgar ranks 25Before him are Josip Jurčič (1844), Ivan Tavčar (1851), Josipina Turnograjska (1833), Svetlana Makarovič (1939), Luiza Pesjak (1828), and Kristina Brenk (1911). After him are Aleš Debeljak (1961).