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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 23,292 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jaroslav Kvapil is the 5,282nd most popular writer, the 627th most popular biography from Czechia and the 75th most popular Czech Writer.

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  • 23k

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  • 43.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jaroslav Kvapil ranks 5,282 out of 5,755. Before him are Thomas Traherne, Ha Jin, George Borrow, Diomidis Kyriakos, Carsten Jensen, and Mathias Énard. After him are Jean-Paul Dubois, Takashi Tezuka, Iris Chang, David Benioff, James Herbert, and Ğäliäsğar Kamal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Jaroslav Kvapil ranks 161. Before him are Anna Missuna, Sumner Paine, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Granville Bantock, Otokar Březina, and Edward Abramowski. After him are Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, José Serrato, Émile Fisseux, Karl Röderer, Harry Blackstaffe, and Achille Paroche. Among people deceased in 1950, Jaroslav Kvapil ranks 161. Before him are Fats Navarro, Elisabeth Langgässer, Rex Ingram, Royal Harwood Frost, Sara Allgood, and Miguel Mariano Gómez. After him are Peter Kemp, Riccardo Nowak, Oscar Osthoff, Marguerite De La Motte, Lesley Ashburner, and Sid Grauman.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jaroslav Kvapil ranks 627 out of 973. Before him are Oldřich Machač (1946), Dolly Buster (1969), Berthold Englisch (1851), Jaroslav Šilhavý (1961), Eva Bosáková (1931), and Valentin Loos (1895). After him are Daniela Peštová (1970), Štefan Füle (1962), Karel Hartmann (1885), Vladimír Vašíček (1919), Miroslav Kadlec (1964), and Walter Susskind (1913).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Jaroslav Kvapil ranks 75. Before him are Adolf Born (1930), František Halas (1901), Hellmuth Karasek (1934), Jakub Arbes (1840), Otokar Březina (1868), and Patrik Ouředník (1957). After him are Antonín Sova (1864), Fredy Perlman (1934), Michal Šanda (1965), Jáchym Topol (1962), Michal Viewegh (1962), and Petr Zelenka (1967).

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