WRITER

Imants Ziedonis

1933 - 2013

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Imants Ziedonis (3 May 1933 – 27 February 2013) was a Latvian poet and writer who first rose to fame during the Soviet era in Latvia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Imants Ziedonis has received more than 54,419 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Imants Ziedonis is the 4,887th most popular writer (down from 4,707th in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Latvia (down from 134th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Latvian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 54k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Kā svece deg
1971
Epifānijas
1978
Flowers of ice
Translations into English
1987
Krāsainas pasakas
1973
Thoughtfully I read the smoke
1980
Poėma o moloke
1983

Page views of Imants Ziedonis by language

Over the past year Imants Ziedonis has had the most page views in the with 45,081 views, followed by English (4,735), and Russian (4,245). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (63.48%), Finnish (48.93%), and Estonian (46.77%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Imants Ziedonis ranks 4,887 out of 7,302. Before him are Yordan Yovkov, Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, Ivan Kavaleridze, Zainab Biisheva, Tankred Dorst, and George Washington Williams. After him are Susan Blackmore, Robert Charles Wilson, Dmytro Pavlychko, Alexander Abusch, Fedir Bohatyrchuk, and Matthew Henry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Imants Ziedonis ranks 353. Before him are William Kahan, Valentin Bubukin, Don Thompson, Ira Murchison, Bengt Berndtsson, and Reiner Kunze. After him are Leonid Kharitonov, Basdeo Panday, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, Renée Colliard, Richard Williams, and Mike Larrabee. Among people deceased in 2013, Imants Ziedonis ranks 320. Before him are Jan Zwartkruis, Antonio Puchades, George Herbig, Eydie Gormé, Boris Vasilyev, and Allal Benkassou. After him are Bert Stern, Józef Kowalski, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Max Jakobson, Ba Mamadou Mbaré, and Ottavio Missoni.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Imants Ziedonis ranks 142 out of 323. Before him are Rutanya Alda (1942), Evika Siliņa (1975), Jānis Daliņš (1904), Jānis Ivanovs (1906), Werner Bergengruen (1892), and Oswald Schmiedeberg (1838). After him are Indra Devi (1899), Valdis Birkavs (1942), Andris Bērziņš (1951), Marija Naumova (1973), Andrejs Upīts (1877), and Lya Mara (1897).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Imants Ziedonis ranks 20. Before him are Zenta Mauriņa (1897), Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863), Garlieb Merkel (1769), Erik Hornung (1933), Aleksandrs Čaks (1901), and Werner Bergengruen (1892). After him are Andrejs Upīts (1877), Anna Brigadere (1861), Kārlis Skalbe (1879), Astrid Ivask (1926), Atis Kronvalds (1837), and Regīna Ezera (1930).

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