WRITER

Israel Joshua Singer

1893 - 1944

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Israel Joshua Singer (Yiddish: ישראל יהושע זינגער ; November 30, 1893, Biłgoraj, Congress Poland — February 10, 1944 New York) was a Polish-Jewish novelist who wrote in Yiddish. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Israel Joshua Singer has received more than 86,200 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Israel Joshua Singer is the 2,227th most popular writer (down from 1,968th in 2019), the 507th most popular biography from Poland (down from 432nd in 2019) and the 51st most popular Polish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 86k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Yoshe Ḳalb
1932
Yoshe Kalb
Jews, Fiction
1961
Fun a velt vos iz nishto mer
1946
Shṭol un ayzn
World War, 1914-1918, Fiction, Accessible book
1927
Brider Ashkenazi
Jews, Fiction
1936
The brothers Ashkenazi
Social life and customs, Jewish literature, Jews
1980

Page views of Israel Joshua Singers by language

Over the past year Israel Joshua Singer has had the most page views in the with 15,691 views, followed by English (13,270), and Polish (5,620). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (91.53%), Egyptian Arabic (90.61%), and Catalan (50.99%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Israel Joshua Singer ranks 2,227 out of 7,302. Before him are Wayne Dyer, Teimuraz II of Kakheti, Chittaranjan Das, Renaud Camus, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, and Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma. After him are David Ogilvy, Zosimos of Panopolis, Aphrahat, Leopoldo Alas, Jacob Cats, and Felice Romani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Israel Joshua Singer ranks 99. Before him are Gillis Grafström, Merian C. Cooper, Edsel Ford, Raymond Dart, Gaston Julia, and Nestor Lakoba. After him are Mikheil Gelovani, Luis Otero, Haykanoush Danielyan, Rahul Sankrityayan, Léopold Szondi, and Alois Hába. Among people deceased in 1944, Israel Joshua Singer ranks 130. Before him are Paul von Hase, Kaj Munk, Kazu Naoki, Arsen Kotsoyev, Lina Cavalieri, and Hellmuth Stieff. After him are Heinz Brandt, Kosta Pećanac, Fritz Witt, Alime Abdenanova, Helmut Lent, and Charles Diehl.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Israel Joshua Singer ranks 507 out of 1,694. Before him are Zbigniew Preisner (1955), Maciej Stryjkowski (1547), Hellmuth Stieff (1901), Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (1803), Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania (1454), and Georg von der Marwitz (1856). After him are Peter Lindbergh (1944), Janusz Gajos (1939), Richard Thomalla (1903), Władysław III Spindleshanks (1165), Izabella Scorupco (1970), and Eduard Strasburger (1844).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Israel Joshua Singer ranks 51. Before him are Sholem Asch (1880), Stefania Wilczyńska (1886), Alexander Imich (1903), Piotr Skarga (1536), Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812), and Maciej Stryjkowski (1547). After him are George Adamski (1891), Stefan Żeromski (1864), Wanda Wasilewska (1905), Lidia Zamenhof (1904), Jerzy Andrzejewski (1909), and Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715).

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