WRITER

Jiří Wolker

1900 - 1924

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Jiří Wolker (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈvolkr̩]) (29 March 1900 – 3 January 1924) was a Czech poet, journalist and playwright. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jiří Wolker has received more than 42,263 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Jiří Wolker is the 3,409th most popular writer (down from 3,369th in 2019), the 432nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 410th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Czech Writer.

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  • 42k

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  • 58.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jiří Wolker ranks 3,409 out of 7,302Before him are Pierre Bec, Spencer Johnson, Max Aub, Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz, Augusto Genina, and Mikhail Koltsov. After him are Grace Elliott, Lev Nussimbaum, David Eddings, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, J. B. Priestley, and Kafū Nagai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Jiří Wolker ranks 159Before him are Aleksandr Ptushko, Catherine Hessling, Serge Poliakoff, Roberto Arlt, Jean Duvieusart, and Boris Yefimov. After him are Semyon Lavochkin, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Bing Xin, Roy Harrod, Madeleine Renaud, and Lee Beom-seok. Among people deceased in 1924, Jiří Wolker ranks 81Before him are Wilhelm Roux, Curt von Bardeleben, Kuroda Seiki, E. D. Morel, Jacques Loeb, and Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg. After him are Ebenezer Cobb Morley, Maria Bernarda Bütler, Manuel Estrada Cabrera, Eugène Simon, Arnold Pick, and Eva May.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jiří Wolker ranks 432 out of 1,200Before him are Herbert Feigl (1902), Egon Klepsch (1930), Prince Adolf of Auersperg (1821), Harun Farocki (1944), Rudolf Charousek (1873), and Václav Tomášek (1774). After him are Hana Brady (1931), Anton Stamitz (1750), Ivan Hlinka (1950), Marek Jankulovski (1977), Arnošt Lustig (1926), and Egon Bondy (1930).

Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Jiří Wolker ranks 45Before him are Tom Stoppard (1937), Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821), Karel Kryl (1944), Viktor Dyk (1877), Vladislav Vančura (1891), and Jiří Dienstbier (1937). After him are Arnošt Lustig (1926), Moritz Steinschneider (1816), Václav Hanka (1791), Ernst Weiss (1882), Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853), and Ludvík Vaculík (1926).