WRITER

František Halas

1901 - 1949

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František Halas (3 October 1901 – 27 October 1949) was one of the most significant Czech lyric poets of the 20th century, an essayist, and a translator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of František Halas has received more than 24,426 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). František Halas is the 4,952nd most popular writer (down from 4,914th in 2019), the 612th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 583rd in 2019) and the 69th most popular Czech Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 24k

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  • 47.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Imagena
1971
Ladění, 1937-1941
Czech poetry
1942
Kohout plaší smrt
1930
Staré ženy
1936
Torso nadëje
1945
Doznání
1972

Among WRITERS

Among writers, František Halas ranks 4,952 out of 7,302. Before him are Giovanni Berchet, Märta Tikkanen, Mira Lobe, Mato Kósyk, Mari Jungstedt, and Michel Tremblay. After him are Paula Fox, Alain Bosquet, Pat Barker, Robert Hugh Benson, Henry Monnier, and Alexander Vampilov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, František Halas ranks 250. Before him are Arne Borg, José Planas, Karandash, Suzanne Lilar, Óscar Diego Gestido, and Victor Leemans. After him are Bud Houser, Frank Belknap Long, Casiano Chavarría, Mercedes Comaposada, Reinhold Mack, and Cecília Meireles. Among people deceased in 1949, František Halas ranks 146. Before him are François Brandt, Kalle Anttila, Fedor Ozep, Henry Slocum, Ezio Loik, and Aldo Ballarin. After him are Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols, Pandeli Evangjeli, Johann Friedrich Höger, John Neville Keynes, Bill Robinson, and Sevasti Qiriazi.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, František Halas ranks 612 out of 1,200. Before him are Roman Čechmánek (1971), Miroslav Filip (1928), František Šafránek (1931), Július Bielik (1962), František Drtikol (1883), and Václav Mašek (1941). After him are František Čapek (1914), František Šterc (1912), Jan Černý (1874), Tomáš Galásek (1973), Zecharias Frankel (1801), and Josef Václav Myslbek (1848).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, František Halas ranks 69. Before him are Ivan Olbracht (1882), Eliška Krásnohorská (1847), Bohuslav Balbín (1621), Svatopluk Čech (1846), Patrik Ouředník (1957), and Karel Sabina (1813). After him are Hellmuth Karasek (1934), Adolf Born (1930), Karolina Světlá (1830), František Čelakovský (1799), Emil František Burian (1904), and Petr Bezruč (1867).

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