WRITER

George Mikes

1912 - 1987

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George Mikes ( MIK-esh; Hungarian: Mikes György, pronounced [ˈmikɛʃ ɟørɟ]; 15 February 1912 – 30 August 1987) was a Hungarian-born British journalist, humorist and writer, best known for his humorous commentaries on various countries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Mikes has received more than 100,639 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. George Mikes is the 5,694th most popular writer (down from 4,566th in 2019), the 666th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 481st in 2019) and the 67th most popular Hungarian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

How to be poor
English wit and humor, Translations into Serbo-Croatian, Anecdotes, facetiae, satire
1983
How to be a Brit
British National characteristics, English wit and humor, Humor
1984
How to Be an Alien
1947
Über alles
Description and travel, Politics and government, Germany, history
1953
The spy who died of boredom
Spy stories, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, humorous, general
1973
How to be an alien
English National characteristics, National characteristics, English language, textbooks for foreign speakers
1946

Among WRITERS

Among writers, George Mikes ranks 5,694 out of 7,302. Before him are Charles Allston Collins, Willi Apel, Lualhati Bautista, Erwin Strittmatter, Edward Wilmot Blyden, and Earl Derr Biggers. After him are Cyril M. Kornbluth, Dee Brown, Ágnes Gergely, Abraham Cowley, Federigo Tozzi, and Ivan Dmitriev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, George Mikes ranks 337. Before him are Irena Kwiatkowska, Øivind Holmsen, Camilo Ponce Enríquez, Josef Streb, Erwin Strittmatter, and Machito. After him are Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Kees Mijnders, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, József Pálinkás, Roger Michelot, and Josef Neckermann. Among people deceased in 1987, George Mikes ranks 217. Before him are Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, Clare Boothe Luce, Arthur F. Burns, James Burnham, Valentín Paz-Andrade, and Alexis Chantraine. After him are Viola Dana, Priscilla Dean, Dennis Poore, Milt Kahl, Elizabeth Cotten, and Khwaja Ahmad Abbas.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, George Mikes ranks 666 out of 1,077. Before him are Olga Tass (1929), Antal Kiss (1935), József Szájer (1961), Attila Csihar (1971), Kolos Ferenc Vaszary (1832), and Leslie Valiant (1949). After him are Jenő Dalnoki (1932), Hilda Gobbi (1913), Gyula Rákosi (1938), Pál Dárdai (1976), József Pálinkás (1912), and Lőrinc Szabó (1900).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, George Mikes ranks 67. Before him are János Pilinszky (1921), Bertalan Szemere (1812), Sándor Bródy (1863), Ferenc Móra (1879), Gyula Juhász (1883), and József Bajza (1804). After him are Lőrinc Szabó (1900), Dániel Berzsenyi (1776), Zoltán Ambrus (1861), Sándor Kisfaludy (1772), György Bessenyei (1747), and Teréz Karacs (1808).

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