WRITER

Jaroslav Kvapil

1868 - 1950

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Jaroslav Kvapil (25 September 1868 in Chudenice, Kingdom of Bohemia – 10 January 1950 in Prague) was a Czech poet, theatre director, translator, playwright, and librettist. From 1900 he was a director and Dramaturg at the National Theatre in Prague, where he introduced plays by Anton Chekhov, Henrik Ibsen and Maxim Gorky into the repertory. Later he was a director at the Vinohrady Theatre (1921–1928). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jaroslav Kvapil has received more than 24,625 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jaroslav Kvapil is the 5,891st most popular writer (down from 5,263rd in 2019), the 736th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 627th in 2019) and the 79th most popular Czech Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 25k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Oblaka
1903
O čem vím
Biography, Composers, Conductors (Music)
1932
Liber aureus
1894
Princezna Pampeliška
1957
Trosky chrámu: verše i prosa 1888-1899
1899
The Will O' The Wisp
1916
Oblaka
1903
Jaro Národního divadla v Praze 1945
History, Theaters, Národní divadlo v Praze
1946
Růžový keř
1890
The Will O' The Wisp
1916
O čem vím
Biography, Composers, Conductors (Music)
1932
Liber aureus
1894

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jaroslav Kvapil ranks 5,891 out of 7,302. Before him are Albert Maltz, Sándor Kisfaludy, Narcyza Żmichowska, John Jakes, Wilhelm Genazino, and Katherine Pancol. After him are Anthony Shaffer, Thomas Berger, August Gailit, Gay Talese, Oscar Levertin, and Wilbert Awdry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Jaroslav Kvapil ranks 189. Before him are Johannes van Dijk, H. J. R. Murray, Harry Blackstaffe, Gilbert Walker, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, and Spottiswoode Aitken. After him are Horace Elgin Dodge, Augusto Pestana, Mariano Trías, Ellen Roosevelt, Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, and Maude Abbott. Among people deceased in 1950, Jaroslav Kvapil ranks 172. Before him are Elisabeth Langgässer, Alexandros Diomidis, Karel Koželuh, Henryk Grossman, Maurice Schilles, and Edwin Foster Coddington. After him are Marguerite De La Motte, Peter Kemp, Enrico Mizzi, Hubert Stevens, Horace Rice, and Alice Kober.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jaroslav Kvapil ranks 736 out of 1,200. Before him are Josef Černý (1939), Jaroslav Tuček (1882), Vítězslav Mácha (1948), Václav Havel (1920), Tarra White (1987), and Josef Němec (1933). After him are Pavel Černý (1962), Vlastimil Petržela (1953), Ladislav Vácha (1899), Jan Peka (1894), Verner Lička (1954), and Václav Mottl (1914).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Jaroslav Kvapil ranks 79. Before him are František Čelakovský (1799), Emil František Burian (1904), Petr Bezruč (1867), Jakub Arbes (1840), Otokar Březina (1868), and Eduard Bass (1888). After him are Fredy Perlman (1934), Franz Fühmann (1922), Antonín Sova (1864), Marie Pujmanová (1893), Jáchym Topol (1962), and Michal Šanda (1965).

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