WRITER

István Örkény

1912 - 1979

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István György Örkény (5 April 1912, Budapest – 24 June 1979, Budapest) was a Hungarian writer whose plays and novels often featured grotesque situations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of István Örkény has received more than 50,979 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). István Örkény is the 3,453rd most popular writer (down from 3,437th in 2019), the 368th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 353rd in 2019) and the 41st most popular Hungarian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 51k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, István Örkény ranks 3,453 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert M. Parker Jr., David C. H. Austin, Vladimir Megre, Carlo Rosselli, Andreï Makine, and Amos Tutuola. After him are Johann Ernst Glück, Zora Neale Hurston, Frédéric Dard, Nemesianus, Akazome Emon, and Peter Straub.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, István Örkény ranks 181. Before him are Pál Kovács, Palle Huld, Alexey Sudayev, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Romain Maes, and José Iraragorri. After him are Teddy Wilson, Moses Finley, Wilfrid Sellars, Karl Deutsch, Erich Leinsdorf, and Xavier Montsalvatge. Among people deceased in 1979, István Örkény ranks 137. Before him are Georges Florovsky, Paul Dessau, Amedeo Nazzari, Ethel Smith, Juana de Ibarbourou, and Dorothy Arzner. After him are Ted Cassidy, Immanuel Velikovsky, Amedeo Biavati, Zeppo Marx, Henri Anspach, and Walter Legge.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, István Örkény ranks 368 out of 1,077. Before him are Ferenc Kölcsey (1790), Eva Gabor (1919), József Rippl-Rónai (1861), Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria (1867), Móric Esterházy (1881), and Pál Turán (1910). After him are Lili Kraus (1903), Kálmán Darányi (1886), Kálmán Mészöly (1941), Árpád Weisz (1896), István Kertész (1929), and Eva Klein (1925).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, István Örkény ranks 41. Before him are Antal Szerb (1901), Miklós Radnóti (1909), Péter Szondi (1929), Mihály Babits (1883), Simon of Kéza (1250), and Ferenc Kölcsey (1790). After him are Zsigmond Móricz (1879), Tibor Déry (1894), Gyula Krúdy (1878), Milán Füst (1888), Ferenc Fejtő (1909), and Yuriy Venelin (1802).

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