1912 - 1979
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 45,870 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. István Örkény is the 3,449th most popular writer (down from 3,189th in 2019), the 353rd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 315th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Hungarian Writer.
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Among writers, István Örkény ranks 3,449 out of 5,755. Before him are Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, David Albahari, Altaf Hussain Hali, Txillardegi, Jean Effel, and Don Miguel Ruiz. After him are Anne Tyler, Francesco de Sanctis, Pavel Bazhov, Siegfried Sassoon, Marianne Moore, and Ramón Chao.
1707 - 1777
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 3,443
1948 - 2023
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 3,444
1837 - 1914
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 3,445
1929 - 2012
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 3,446
1908 - 1982
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 3,447
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 3,448
1912 - 1979
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 3,449
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 3,450
1817 - 1883
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 3,451
1879 - 1950
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 3,452
1886 - 1967
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 3,453
1887 - 1972
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 3,454
1935 - 2018
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 3,455
Among people born in 1912, István Örkény ranks 180. Before him are Yusuf Lule, B. D. Jatti, Sabiha Kasimati, Agnes Martin, Pál Kovács, and Wilfrid Sellars. After him are Sándor Végh, Sabicas, Roger Courtois, Juan Carlos Aramburu, Niyazi, and Carvalho Leite. Among people deceased in 1979, István Örkény ranks 136. Before him are Ivar Johansson, Pedro Arico Suárez, Ludwig Renn, Issa Pliyev, Amedeo Nazzari, and Grant Green. After him are Lothar Wolleh, Georgy Beriev, I. A. Richards, Tapio Rautavaara, Ted Cassidy, and Ernest B. Schoedsack.
1912 - 1985
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 174
1912 - 2002
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 175
1912 - 1951
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 176
1912 - 2004
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 177
1912 - 1995
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 178
1912 - 1989
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 179
1912 - 1979
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 180
1912 - 1997
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 181
1912 - 1990
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 182
1912 - 1972
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 183
1912 - 2004
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 184
1912 - 1984
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 185
1912 - 2004
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 186
1903 - 1979
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 130
1908 - 1979
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 131
1889 - 1979
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 132
1903 - 1979
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 133
1907 - 1979
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 134
1935 - 1979
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 135
1912 - 1979
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 136
1930 - 1979
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 137
1903 - 1979
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 138
1893 - 1979
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 139
1915 - 1979
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 140
1932 - 1979
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 141
1893 - 1979
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 142
Among people born in Hungary, István Örkény ranks 353 out of 866. Before him are George Gerbner (1919), József Eötvös (1813), Miklós Ybl (1814), Móric Esterházy (1881), László Fazekas (1947), and Pál Kovács (1912). After him are Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin (1855), Zsigmond Móricz (1879), Nándor Dáni (1871), Igor Grabar (1871), Imre Földi (1938), and Gyula Zsivótzky (1937).
1919 - 2005
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 347
1813 - 1871
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 348
1814 - 1891
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 349
1881 - 1960
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 350
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 351
1912 - 1995
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 352
1912 - 1979
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 353
1855 - 1925
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 354
1879 - 1942
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 355
1871 - 1949
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 356
1871 - 1960
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 357
1938 - 2017
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 358
1937 - 2007
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 359
Among writers born in Hungary, István Örkény ranks 40. Before him are Mihály Babits (1883), Antal Szerb (1901), László Polgár (1946), Tibor Déry (1894), Milán Füst (1888), and Ferenc Kölcsey (1790). After him are Zsigmond Móricz (1879), Gyula Krúdy (1878), Sándor Weöres (1913), Jenő Rejtő (1905), István Fekete (1900), and János Pilinszky (1921).
1883 - 1941
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 34
1901 - 1945
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 35
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 36
1894 - 1977
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 37
1888 - 1967
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 38
1790 - 1838
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 39
1912 - 1979
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 40
1879 - 1942
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 41
1878 - 1933
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 42
1913 - 1989
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 43
1905 - 1943
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 44
1900 - 1970
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 45
1921 - 1981
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 46