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František Halas

1901 - 1949

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František Halas (3 October 1901 in Brno – 27 October 1949 in Prague) 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 22,514 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). František Halas is the 4,931st most popular writer (down from 4,593rd in 2019), the 583rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 525th in 2019) and the 70th most popular Czech Writer.

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  • 45.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, František Halas ranks 4,931 out of 5,755. Before him are Daniel Quinn, Henry Home, Lord Kames, Kjell Westö, Steven Moffat, Jorge Icaza Coronel, and George Holyoake. After him are James C. Collins, Clara Reeve, Charles Montagu Doughty, Jamaica Kincaid, José Luandino Vieira, and Nicholas Meyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, František Halas ranks 248. Before him are Heðin Brú, Gerald Finzi, Pyotr Novikov, László Németh, Mark Oliphant, and Aleksandr Andronov. After him are Modesto Denis, Paul Yü Pin, Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Dorothy Hansine Andersen, Åke Borg, and Inga Tidblad. Among people deceased in 1949, František Halas ranks 143. Before him are Aaro Pajari, George Larner, Eusebio Castigliano, Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols, Fedor Ozep, and Bill Robinson. After him are Karel Petrů, Henry Petersen, Robert Ripley, J. Searle Dawley, Leon Schlesinger, and Karolina Widerström.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, František Halas ranks 583 out of 973. Before him are Bohuslav Sobotka (1971), František Ondříček (1857), Ferdinand Bauer (1760), Karel Pešek (1895), Pavel Vrba (1963), and Jiří Rusnok (1960). After him are Jiří Weiss (1913), Karel Petrů (1891), František Ladislav Rieger (1818), Tomáš Pospíchal (1936), Karel Mejta Sr (1928), and Hellmuth Karasek (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, František Halas ranks 70. Before him are František Čelakovský (1799), Ladislav Fuks (1923), Emil František Burian (1904), Petr Bezruč (1867), František Langer (1888), and Adolf Born (1930). After him are Hellmuth Karasek (1934), Jakub Arbes (1840), Otokar Březina (1868), Patrik Ouředník (1957), Jaroslav Kvapil (1868), and Antonín Sova (1864).

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