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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 59,588 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Gyula Illyés is the 4,546th most popular writer (down from 4,163rd in 2019), the 476th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 416th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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  • 60k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gyula Illyés ranks 4,546 out of 5,755. Before him are Tomás Eloy Martínez, Robert Richardson, Melissa Mathison, Henry of Huntingdon, Jacques Roubaud, and Peter Carey. After him are Richard Bentley, Fedir Bohatyrchuk, Kenjirō Tokutomi, Elizabeth Bowen, Karl Leberecht Immermann, and Jacky Liew.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Gyula Illyés ranks 225. Before him are Zaharia Stancu, Myrtle Cook, Giuseppe Lepori, Victor Jory, Théodore Monod, and Otto Winzer. After him are Will Geer, Jesús Bermúdez, Alexander Abusch, Francisco Martínez Soria, Felisberto Hernández, and Bronisław Kaper. Among people deceased in 1983, Gyula Illyés ranks 166. Before him are Bart Bok, Szolem Mandelbrojt, Alfonso Calzolari, Eva Pawlik, Pat O'Brien, and Tomás Ojeda. After him are Carlo Orlandi, Paavo Johansson, Dora Gabe, Johan Richthoff, Bronisław Kaper, and Karandash.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Gyula Illyés ranks 476 out of 866. Before him are Gyula Polgár (1912), Lipót Fejér (1880), László Kiss (1956), Ferenc Kiss (1942), Katalin Karády (1910), and István Bibó (1911). After him are László Szabó (1936), Oszkár Gerde (1883), Joe Eszterhas (1944), Cornelius Lanczos (1893), George Mikes (1912), and István Énekes (1911).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Gyula Illyés ranks 49. Before him are Sándor Weöres (1913), Jenő Rejtő (1905), István Fekete (1900), János Pilinszky (1921), Ferenc Karinthy (1921), and Mihály Csokonai (1773). After him are Joe Eszterhas (1944), George Mikes (1912), György Faludy (1910), József Katona (1791), Károly Kisfaludy (1788), and Júlia Szendrey (1828).

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