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Gysbert Japiks

1603 - 1666

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Gysbert Japiks Holckema, better known as simply Gysbert Japiks (1603–1666), was a West Frisian writer, poet, schoolmaster, and cantor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gysbert Japiks has received more than 22,232 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Gysbert Japiks is the 3,605th most popular writer (up from 4,092nd in 2019), the 571st most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 595th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Dutch Writer.

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  • 22k

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  • 57.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gysbert Japiks ranks 3,605 out of 7,302. Before him are David Bergelson, Mikhail Isakovsky, James Tiptree Jr., Elin Pelin, Juan José Saer, and Faltonia Betitia Proba. After him are Marcel Prévost, Konstantin Fedin, Luciano De Crescenzo, Marc Levy, Musine Kokalari, and Vizma Belševica.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1603, Gysbert Japiks ranks 16. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Michel Le Tellier, Marco Uccellini, Cornelis Bloemaert, Roger Williams, and Johannes Cocceius. After him are Fasilides, Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst, and Valentin Conrart. Among people deceased in 1666, Gysbert Japiks ranks 15. Before him are Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Senhime, Luisa de Guzmán, Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma, Song Yingxing, and Albert Eckhout. After him is Pier Francesco Mola.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gysbert Japiks ranks 571 out of 1,646. Before him are Elly Ameling (1933), Bertus Aafjes (1914), Max van der Stoel (1924), Barry Hulshoff (1946), Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1619), and Willem Marinus Dudok (1884). After him are Maruschka Detmers (1962), Neelie Kroes (1941), Maarten Schmidt (1929), Eise Eisinga (1744), Jan de Vries (1944), and Arie van Vliet (1916).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Gysbert Japiks ranks 30. Before him are Willem Frederik Hermans (1921), Cornelis Tromp (1629), Corrie ten Boom (1892), Tim Krabbé (1943), Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792), and Bertus Aafjes (1914). After him are Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882), Jan Wolkers (1925), Simon Vestdijk (1898), Janwillem van de Wetering (1931), Gerbrand Bredero (1585), and Mieke Bal (1946).

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