WRITER

Josef Lada

1887 - 1957

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Josef Lada (born 17 December 1887 in Hrusice, Bohemia – 14 December 1957 in Prague, buried at Olšany Cemetery) was a Czech painter, illustrator, cartoonist and writer. Pioneer of the Czech comicbook tradition and founder of the “Czech modern fairytale” genre. He is considered one of the greatest Czech artists of all times – which is also what the world-famous Pablo Picasso had claimed him to be. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef Lada has received more than 89,191 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Josef Lada is the 1,923rd most popular writer (up from 2,060th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 259th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Czech Writer.

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Josef Lada ranks 1,923 out of 7,302Before him are Nicanor Parra, Miklós Nyiszli, Thomas Wyatt, Michel de Ghelderode, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, and Edward Young. After him are Isaac Alfasi, Philippe Quinault, Wolfgang Borchert, Tawfiq al-Hakim, Al-Busiri, and Éric Zemmour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Josef Lada ranks 89Before him are Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, Wilhelm Kube, Mario Roatta, Octave Lapize, Louis Jouvet, and Lil Dagover. After him are Friedrich Zander, Jack Phillips, Hanns Kerrl, Hitoshi Ashida, Annette Kellermann, and Roscoe Arbuckle. Among people deceased in 1957, Josef Lada ranks 78Before him are Carlos Castillo Armas, Malcolm Lowry, Kurt von Tippelskirch, Josef Hofmann, Zhou Xuan, and Washington Luís. After him are Eugenio Castellotti, Shūmei Ōkawa, Irving Baxter, Hasui Kawase, Álvaro Gestido, and Rudolf Schmidt.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Lada ranks 243 out of 1,200Before him are Petr Ginz (1928), Rudolf Serkin (1903), Emil Orlík (1870), Clement Mary Hofbauer (1751), Karel Brückner (1939), and Anne of Bavaria (1329). After him are Jan Hammer (1948), Jan Saudek (1935), Johannes Widmann (1460), Spytihněv I, Duke of Bohemia (875), Helena Vondráčková (1947), and Alice Herz-Sommer (1903).

Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Josef Lada ranks 27Before him are Egon Kisch (1885), Otfried Preußler (1923), Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830), Princess Michael of Kent (1945), Martin of Opava (1300), and Petr Ginz (1928). After him are Pavel Kohout (1928), Alois Jirásek (1851), Karel Hynek Mácha (1810), Vítězslav Nezval (1900), Alois Musil (1868), and Karel Jaromír Erben (1811).