WRITER

Gyula Illyés

1902 - 1983

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Gyula Illyés born Gyula Illés (2 November 1902 – 15 April 1983) was a Hungarian poet and novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gyula Illyés has received more than 59,013 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Gyula Illyés is the 4,531st most popular writer (up from 4,532nd in 2019), the 488th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 476th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Hungarian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 59k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Szíves kalauz
Description and travel, Voyages and travels, Journeys
1966
Puszták népe
Social life and customs, Peasantry, Hungary
1940
Shandor Petefi
1972
Hunok Párisban
1946
SZEMELT SZŐLŐ
1980
Honfoglalók között
Land reform, History, Rural conditions
1980

Page views of Gyula Illyés by language

Over the past year Gyula Illyés has had the most page views in the with 33,003 views, followed by English (7,308), and Russian (1,321). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (128.30%), Belarusian (74.14%), and Esperanto (63.05%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gyula Illyés ranks 4,531 out of 7,302. Before him are Leopold Andrian, Quim Monzó, Timothy Zahn, Wen Yiduo, Norman Spinrad, and Alan Bennett. After him are Jens Bjørneboe, Juan Montalvo, M. Ageyev, Alexander Bek, Georges Courteline, and Gamal El-Ghitani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Gyula Illyés ranks 218. Before him are Zaharia Stancu, Milman Parry, Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Mario Magnozzi, and Ethelda Bleibtrey. After him are Emeric Pressburger, Pierre Brunet, Nils Rosén, Felisberto Hernández, Afife Jale, and Carlos Spadaro. Among people deceased in 1983, Gyula Illyés ranks 161. Before him are Sven Jacobsson, Luís Mesquita de Oliveira, Burrill Bernard Crohn, George O. Abell, Neil Ritchie, and Diego Abad de Santillán. After him are Marguerite Broquedis, Chabuca Granda, Gyula Lázár, Mordecai Kaplan, Jorge Ibargüengoitia, and Otto Heckmann.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Gyula Illyés ranks 488 out of 1,077. Before him are István Kozma (1939), László Raffinsky (1905), István Bibó (1911), Gyula Zsivótzky (1937), Oszkár Gerde (1883), and László Kovács (1939). After him are Sándor Mátrai (1932), László Szollás (1907), Mari Törőcsik (1935), Emeric Pressburger (1902), Andreas Alföldi (1895), and Mihály Csokonai (1773).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Gyula Illyés ranks 51. Before him are Milán Füst (1888), Ferenc Fejtő (1909), Yuriy Venelin (1802), Edith Bruck (1931), Sándor Weöres (1913), and Kató Lomb (1909). After him are Mihály Csokonai (1773), Jenő Rejtő (1905), Ferenc Karinthy (1921), József Katona (1791), István Fekete (1900), and Károly Kisfaludy (1788).

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