WRITER

Ion Creangă

1837 - 1889

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Ion Creangă (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon ˈkre̯aŋɡə]; March 1, 1837 – December 31, 1889), also known as Nică al lui Ștefan a Petrei and Ioan Ștefănescu, was a Romanian writer, raconteur and schoolteacher. A main figure in 19th-century Romanian literature, he is best known for his Childhood Memories volume, his novellas and short stories, and his many anecdotes. Creangă's main contribution to fantasy and children's literature includes narratives structured around eponymous protagonists ("Harap Alb", "Ivan Turbincă", "Dănilă Prepeleac", "Stan Pățitul"), as well as fairy tales indebted to conventional forms ("The Story of the Pig", "The Goat and Her Three Kids", "The Mother with Three Daughters-in-Law", "The Old Man's Daughter and the Old Woman's Daughter"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ion Creangă has received more than 375,758 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 32 in 2019). Ion Creangă is the 1,866th most popular writer (down from 1,472nd in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Romania (down from 96th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Romanian Writer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ion Creangă ranks 1,866 out of 7,302. Before him are Isaeus, Zbigniew Herbert, Stanisław Przybyszewski, Benjamin Péret, Eva Schloss, and Paul Goodman. After him are Mohammed Dib, Petr Ginz, Mikhail Zoshchenko, João de Barros, Sergei Dovlatov, and Paulinus II of Aquileia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Ion Creangă ranks 42. Before him are Algernon Charles Swinburne, Wild Bill Hickok, Pierre Auguste Cot, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Théodore Dubois, and Georg Ebers. After him are Alexandre Guilmant, Mubarak Al-Sabah, Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, Ernest Guiraud, Itagaki Taisuke, and Carolus-Duran. Among people deceased in 1889, Ion Creangă ranks 32. Before him are Jules Dupré, Gaston Planté, Şevkefza Kadın, Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, Elvira Madigan, and Viktor Bunyakovsky. After him are Princess Eugénie of Sweden, Franciscus Donders, Adolf von Henselt, Ybyrai Altynsarin, Đồng Khánh, and Émile Augier.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ion Creangă ranks 123 out of 844. Before him are Lajos Zilahy (1891), Victor Stănculescu (1928), Vlad Călugărul (1425), Armand Călinescu (1893), Michael I Apafi (1632), and Serge Moscovici (1925). After him are Lucien Goldmann (1913), Constantin Brâncoveanu (1654), Miklós Nyiszli (1901), Vasile Milea (1927), Georges Politzer (1903), and Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Ion Creangă ranks 14. Before him are Mihai Eminescu (1850), Panait Istrati (1884), Dositej Obradović (1742), Károly Kerényi (1897), Ion Luca Caragiale (1852), and Lajos Zilahy (1891). After him are Miklós Nyiszli (1901), Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916), Dora d'Istria (1828), Marthe Bibesco (1886), János Arany (1817), and Mircea Cărtărescu (1956).

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