WRITER

Jan Wolkers

1925 - 2007

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Jan Hendrik Wolkers (26 October 1925 – 19 October 2007) was a Dutch author, sculptor and painter. Wolkers is considered by some to be one of the "Great Four" writers of post-World War II Dutch literature, alongside Willem Frederik Hermans, Harry Mulisch and Gerard Reve (the latter authors are also known as the "Great Three"). Wolkers was born in Oegstgeest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Wolkers has received more than 107,291 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Wolkers is the 3,993rd most popular writer (down from 3,600th in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 538th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Dutch Writer.

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  • 110k

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  • 50.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

De hond met de blauwe tong
1964
Turks fruit
1969
Horrible tango ...
1967
A rose of flesh
1967

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jan Wolkers ranks 3,993 out of 7,302. Before him are Matilde Serao, Maxwell Anderson, Ralph Ellison, Sarah Kirsch, Alexander Neckam, and Mary Norton. After him are Tad Williams, Eleanor Hibbert, Grigol Abashidze, Anne-Cath. Vestly, Eduard von Keyserling, and Antonio Muñoz Molina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Jan Wolkers ranks 268. Before him are Brent Scowcroft, Ernst Neizvestny, Jonathan Winters, Fritz Laband, Justus Dahinden, and Georg Buschner. After him are Joan Mitchell, Nat Lofthouse, Giovanni Coppa, András Kovács, Yasushi Akutagawa, and Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg. Among people deceased in 2007, Jan Wolkers ranks 208. Before him are Jörg Immendorff, Nicolae Dobrin, Paek Nam-sun, Carl-Henning Pedersen, Georg Buschner, and Jean Stablinski. After him are Lloyd Alexander, Kembo Uba Kembo, Liviu Librescu, John Winter, Joachim Hansen, and Solveig Dommartin.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Wolkers ranks 629 out of 1,646. Before him are Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692), Gerben Karstens (1942), Jan de Quay (1901), Bart Bok (1906), Adri van Tiggelen (1957), and Willeke van Ammelrooy (1944). After him are Bartholomeus Breenbergh (1598), Daley Blind (1990), Peter R. de Vries (1956), Paulus Bor (1601), Wubbo Ockels (1946), and Dirk Coster (1889).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Jan Wolkers ranks 32. Before him are Corrie ten Boom (1892), Tim Krabbé (1943), Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792), Bertus Aafjes (1914), Gysbert Japiks (1603), and Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882). After him are Simon Vestdijk (1898), Janwillem van de Wetering (1931), Gerbrand Bredero (1585), Mieke Bal (1946), Anna Enquist (1945), and Betje Wolff (1738).

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