WRITER

Frano Selak

1929 - 2016

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Frano Selak or Frane Selak (14 June 1929 – 30 November 2016) was a Croatian man who was known for his unverified depictions about frequent brushes with death. Selak's alleged near-death experiences began in January 1962 when he was riding a train through a cold, rainy canyon and the train flew off the tracks and crashed in a river. An unknown person pulled Selak to safety, while 17 other passengers drowned. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frano Selak has received more than 564,190 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Frano Selak is the 2,540th most popular writer (up from 4,887th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 250th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Croatian Writer.

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  • 560k

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  • 54.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frano Selak ranks 2,540 out of 7,302. Before him are Nima Yooshij, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, Na Hye-sok, Aristeas, Seichō Matsumoto, and Katherine Jackson. After him are Şihabetdin Märcani, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Alexandra Ripley, Philo of Byblos, Juan del Encina, and Al-Asmaʿi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Frano Selak ranks 176. Before him are Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Elio Petri, Josef Suk, Nargis, Anne Ramsey, and Andrew Bertie. After him are Gastone Moschin, Fred Sinowatz, Ronnie Biggs, Joe Pass, Peter Yates, and Darío Castrillón Hoyos. Among people deceased in 2016, Frano Selak ranks 162. Before him are Ferdinand Kübler, Richard Adams, Peter Shaffer, Ilse Aichinger, Bill Nunn, and Artur Fischer. After him are Jadranka Stojaković, Papa Wemba, Mark Taimanov, Franciszek Macharski, Pierre Barouh, and Qahhor Mahkamov.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Frano Selak ranks 145 out of 700. Before him are Zinka Milanov (1906), David Frankfurter (1909), Vladimir Bakarić (1912), Josip Bozanić (1949), Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria (1888), and Demetrius of Pharos (-300). After him are Herman of Carinthia (1100), Marco Antonio de Dominis (1560), Zlatko Kranjčar (1956), Josip Belušić (1847), Ivan Mažuranić (1814), and Josipa Lisac (1950).

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Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Frano Selak ranks 14. Before him are Ödön von Horváth (1901), Slavenka Drakulić (1949), Marin Držić (1508), Tin Ujević (1891), Niccolò Tommaseo (1802), and Petar Preradović (1818). After him are Ivan Mažuranić (1814), Petar Hektorović (1487), Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873), Branko Radičević (1824), Tomaž Šalamun (1941), and August Šenoa (1838).

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