WRITER

Herman Heijermans

1864 - 1924

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Herman Heijermans (3 December 1864 – 22 November 1924), was a Dutch playwright, novelist and sketch story writer, who is considered to be the greatest Dutch dramatist of the modern era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herman Heijermans has received more than 28,795 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Herman Heijermans is the 4,807th most popular writer (down from 4,408th in 2019), the 749th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 645th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Dutch Writer.

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  • 48.10

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Ghetto
1899
Glück auf!
Accessible book
1911
Verzamelde tooneelspelen en opstellen-over-tooneel
Accessible book
1909
The good hope
1903
The rising sun
1925
Op hoop van zegen
1962

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Herman Heijermans ranks 4,807 out of 7,302. Before him are Lygia Bojunga Nunes, Raymond Abellio, Gáspár Heltai, Nicholas Evans, Irving Wallace, and Jón Kalman Stefánsson. After him are John Lyly, David E. Kelley, Shōhei Ōoka, Chaim Potok, Andrea Maffei, and Martin Kukučín.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Herman Heijermans ranks 132. Before him are Einar Benediktsson, Aleksey Shakhmatov, Sergei Zubatov, Stéphane Javelle, John Henry Davies, and Alfred John Keene. After him are Juhan Liiv, F. Holland Day, Thomas Walker Arnold, Ransom E. Olds, Ludwig Schlesinger, and José Pardo y Barreda. Among people deceased in 1924, Herman Heijermans ranks 101. Before him are Viktor Nogin, Gregory VII of Constantinople, George Kennan, Lin Shu, Ivan Evstratiev Geshov, and Stan Rowley. After him are Hannibal Sehested, Teodor Teodorov, Kazimieras Būga, Herman Georges Berger, Stefan Toshev, and Joseph Timchenko.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Herman Heijermans ranks 749 out of 1,646. Before him are Yolanda Hadid (1964), Betje Wolff (1738), Sef Vergoossen (1947), Willy den Ouden (1918), Jan Zwartkruis (1926), and Lodewijk van den Berg (1932). After him are Louis Meijer (1809), Henri Alexis Brialmont (1821), Jan Heemskerk (1818), Johannes de Jong (1885), Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (1968), and Regillio Simons (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Herman Heijermans ranks 39. Before him are Simon Vestdijk (1898), Janwillem van de Wetering (1931), Gerbrand Bredero (1585), Mieke Bal (1946), Anna Enquist (1945), and Betje Wolff (1738). After him are Willem Bilderdijk (1756), Nicolaas Beets (1814), Albert Mol (1917), Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860), Henriette Roland Holst (1869), and Thea Beckman (1923).

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