WRITER

Ján Hollý

1785 - 1849

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Ján Hollý (contemporary orthography: Gán Hollí; 24 March 1785, Bur-Szent-Miklos – 14 April 1849, Jókő) was a Slovak poet and translator. He was the first greater Slovak poet to write exclusively in the newly standardized literary Slovak language. His predecessors mostly wrote in various regional versions of Czech, Slovakized Czech or Latin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ján Hollý has received more than 27,984 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ján Hollý is the 4,920th most popular writer, the 184th most popular biography from Slovakia and the 17th most popular Slovak Writer.

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  • 47.79

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ján Hollý ranks 4,920 out of 7,302. Before him are József Katona, Jan Arnald, Edmund Wilson, Willem Bilderdijk, Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau, and Richard Bentley. After him are Beatriz Galindo, Sophia Elisabet Brenner, John Hersey, Heinrich Christian Boie, Sam Houser, and Mark Frost.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, Ján Hollý ranks 50. Before him are János Scitovszky, Abel de Pujol, Karol Kurpiński, Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, David Wilkie, and William Beaumont. After him are Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, Arvid August Afzelius, Oliver Hazard Perry, Thomas Love Peacock, Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt, and Per Georg Scheutz. Among people deceased in 1849, Ján Hollý ranks 59. Before him are Maria Edgeworth, Charlotte von Ahlefeld, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch, José María Carreño, and Albert Gallatin. After him are Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, Francisco Ramón Vicuña, William Townsend Aiton, Edward Hicks, and George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Ján Hollý ranks 184 out of 418. Before him are Andrei Glanzmann (1907), Janko Alexy (1894), Martin Kukučín (1860), Jozef Čapkovič (1948), Pavel Schmidt (1930), and Ludwig Schlesinger (1864). After him are Ján Zachara (1928), Vladimir Oravsky (1947), Stanislav Seman (1952), Martin Benka (1888), Jozef Murgaš (1864), and Ferenc Sidó (1923).

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Among WRITERS In Slovakia

Among writers born in Slovakia, Ján Hollý ranks 17. Before him are Lajos Kassák (1887), Janko Matúška (1821), Janko Kráľ (1822), Andrej Sládkovič (1820), Samo Chalupka (1812), and Martin Kukučín (1860). After him are Vladimir Oravsky (1947), Béla Illés (1895), Margita Figuli (1909), Milan Rúfus (1928), Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová (1855), and Timrava (1867).

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