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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 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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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, István Örkény ranks 3,449 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, István Örkény ranks 180Before 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 136Before 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.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, István Örkény ranks 353 out of 866Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, István Örkény ranks 40Before 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).