WRITER

György Bessenyei

1747 - 1811

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György Bessenyei (1747–1811) was a Hungarian playwright and poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of György Bessenyei has received more than 20,704 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. György Bessenyei is the 5,951st most popular writer (down from 5,325th in 2019), the 717th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 596th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Hungarian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Válogatott művei
Színművek
Tariménes útasása
Hungarian Political satire
Programírások, vitairatok, elmélkedések, 1772-1790
Tariménes utazása
Rómának viselt dolgai
History

Page views of György Bessenyeis by language

Over the past year György Bessenyei has had the most page views in the with 14,529 views, followed by English (2,799), and Russian (818). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (77.06%), Azerbaijani (67.09%), and Russian (54.92%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, György Bessenyei ranks 5,951 out of 7,302Before him are J. Michael Straczynski, Susan Cooper, Arvo Valton, Álvaro Pombo, Nísia Floresta, and Tomoji Abe. After him are Leon Kruczkowski, Jean-Denis Bredin, Árpád Tóth, Giannina Braschi, Josipina Turnograjska, and Jeroen Brouwers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1747, György Bessenyei ranks 27Before him are Franz von Paula Schrank, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, Jean-François Rewbell, Alexander Bezborodko, Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, and Eugenio Espejo. After him are Iolo Morganwg, Benjamin Vulliamy, Samuel Osgood, and Gunning Bedford Jr.. Among people deceased in 1811, György Bessenyei ranks 24Before him are Princess Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Juan de Villanueva, Mariano Moreno, Johann Beckmann, Juan Aldama, and Ivan Osterman. After him are Benjamin Vulliamy, Samuel Chase, Thomas Percy, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and Thomas Fitzsimons.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, György Bessenyei ranks 717 out of 1,077Before him are Péter Gulácsi (1990), Géza Csapó (1950), Lajos Kocsis (1947), Imre Rajczy (1911), Balázs Dzsudzsák (1986), and Bertalan Papp (1913). After him are Pál Gábor (1932), Barbara Palvin (1993), Antal Kocsis (1905), Ernő Goldfinger (1902), Valentine Telegdi (1922), and Teréz Karacs (1808).

Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, György Bessenyei ranks 72Before him are József Bajza (1804), George Mikes (1912), Lőrinc Szabó (1900), Dániel Berzsenyi (1776), Zoltán Ambrus (1861), and Sándor Kisfaludy (1772). After him are Teréz Karacs (1808), Ágnes Nemes Nagy (1922), János Batsányi (1763), Éva Janikovszky (1926), Ferenc Juhász (1928), and Sándor Csoóri (1930).