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WRITER

István Fekete

1900 - 1970

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István Fekete (25 January 1900, Gölle, Austria-Hungary – 23 June 1970, Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian writer. He wrote several youth novels and animal stories. He is perhaps best known for his youth novel Tüskevár ("Thorn Castle", 1957), about two city boys' summer holiday at the corner of Lake Balaton and Zala River, their experiences, adventures, contact with Nature in its genuine form. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of István Fekete has received more than 36,677 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). István Fekete is the 4,372nd most popular writer (down from 4,058th in 2019), the 455th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 400th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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  • 20

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  • 1.75

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  • 3.75

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, István Fekete ranks 4,372 out of 5,755Before him are Tabitha King, William Trevor, Ariel Dorfman, Marietta Shaginyan, Boris Vasilyev, and Edwin Atherstone. After him are Daniela Hodrová, Klaus Groth, Castro Alves, Candy Barr, Pencho Slaveykov, and Philippe Djian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, István Fekete ranks 203Before him are Charles Jewtraw, Ioannis Theodoropoulos, Marta Abba, Ioannis Andreou, Vasily Abaev, and Manuel Plaza. After him are Frederick Terman, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Pedro Arispe, Ivan Maslennikov, Mikhail Lavrentyev, and Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg. Among people deceased in 1970, István Fekete ranks 175Before him are Peter Doi, Marcel Minnaert, Anna Louise Strong, Jérôme Carcopino, Jaipal Singh Munda, and Iuliu Hossu. After him are Hélène Sparrow, Alice Hamilton, Dora Boothby, Christopher Kelk Ingold, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, and Vano Muradeli.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, István Fekete ranks 455 out of 866Before him are Rudolf Kárpáti (1920), Emil Zuckerkandl (1849), Jenő Rejtő (1905), Miklós Szabados (1912), Joseph Böhm (1795), and Gábor Király (1976). After him are Antal Szalay (1912), Tom Lantos (1928), Victor Varconi (1891), György Lázár (1924), János Pilinszky (1921), and Ferenc Karinthy (1921).

Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, István Fekete ranks 45Before him are Ferenc Kölcsey (1790), István Örkény (1912), Zsigmond Móricz (1879), Gyula Krúdy (1878), Sándor Weöres (1913), and Jenő Rejtő (1905). After him are János Pilinszky (1921), Ferenc Karinthy (1921), Mihály Csokonai (1773), Gyula Illyés (1902), Joe Eszterhas (1944), and George Mikes (1912).