WRITER

József Katona

1791 - 1830

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József Katona (11 November 1791, Kecskemét – 16 April 1830, Kecskemét) was a Hungarian playwright and poet, creator of the Hungarian historical tragedy Bánk bán. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of József Katona has received more than 28,856 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). József Katona is the 4,914th most popular writer (down from 4,728th in 2019), the 540th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 505th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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  • 47.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, József Katona ranks 4,914 out of 7,302. Before him are Marilynne Robinson, Horatio Alger, Alan Paton, C. L. Moore, Diane Ackerman, and Eugène Guillevic. After him are Jan Arnald, Edmund Wilson, Willem Bilderdijk, Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau, Richard Bentley, and Ján Hollý.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1791, József Katona ranks 40. Before him are Alexis Thérèse Petit, Robert Knox, Josef Munzinger, Odilon Barrot, Adolf Ivar Arwidsson, and Jean Cruveilhier. After him are José Ignacio Pavón, Henryk Rzewuski, Juan Francisco Giró, Kazimierz Brodziński, John Nelson, and Peter Cooper. Among people deceased in 1830, József Katona ranks 32. Before him are William Hazlitt, Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg, Jan Śniadecki, Ignaz Schuppanzigh, José de la Mar, and William Huskisson. After him are Károly Kisfaludy, and Carl Fredrik Fallén.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, József Katona ranks 540 out of 1,077. Before him are Béla Kárpáti (1929), Tamás Mendelényi (1936), György Piller (1899), József Turay (1905), Ferenc Karinthy (1921), and Sándor Tarics (1913). After him are Victor Varconi (1891), István Csom (1940), Tibor Kemény (1913), Dezső Földes (1880), Ágnes Hranitzky (1945), and István Mészáros (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, József Katona ranks 55. Before him are Sándor Weöres (1913), Kató Lomb (1909), Gyula Illyés (1902), Mihály Csokonai (1773), Jenő Rejtő (1905), and Ferenc Karinthy (1921). After him are István Fekete (1900), Károly Kisfaludy (1788), Júlia Szendrey (1828), György Faludy (1910), Joe Eszterhas (1944), and János Pilinszky (1921).

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