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Josef Škvorecký

1924 - 2012

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Josef Škvorecký (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjozɛf ˈʃkvorɛtskiː] ; September 27, 1924 – January 3, 2012) was a Czech-Canadian writer and publisher. He spent half of his life in Canada, publishing and supporting banned Czech literature during the communist era. Škvorecký was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef Škvorecký has received more than 114,203 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Škvorecký is the 2,980th most popular writer (down from 2,673rd in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 309th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Czech Writer.

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  • 110k

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  • 51.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Josef Škvorecký ranks 2,980 out of 5,755. Before him are Janosch, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Charles Lamb, Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Heo Nanseolheon, and Douglas Preston. After him are Kamalaśīla, Daniel Guérin, Betty Mahmoody, Ashapurna Devi, Manès Sperber, and Maria Dąbrowska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Josef Škvorecký ranks 194. Before him are Yuri Orlov, Rudolf Barshai, José Donoso, Marjorie Boulton, Philip Stone, and Luděk Pachman. After him are Marc Ferro, Janet Frame, Jean-François Revel, Maurice Karnaugh, Riccardo Cucciolla, and Nina Foch. Among people deceased in 2012, Josef Škvorecký ranks 165. Before him are George McGovern, Jack Klugman, Roy Salvadori, Adrienne Rich, Rajesh Khanna, and Friedrich Hirzebruch. After him are Claude Pinoteau, Ann Rutherford, I. K. Gujral, Jiří Raška, Leonardo Favio, and Vicar.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Škvorecký ranks 362 out of 973. Before him are Simon Sechter (1788), Rudolf Beran (1887), Moritz von Auffenberg (1852), Luděk Pachman (1924), Bohuslav Balbín (1621), and Josef Beran (1888). After him are Saul Friedländer (1932), Theodor von Oppolzer (1841), Jan Václav Voříšek (1791), Karel Poborský (1972), Josef Jungmann (1773), and Jan Santini Aichel (1677).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Josef Škvorecký ranks 37. Before him are Vítězslav Nezval (1900), Fritz Mauthner (1849), Petr Chelčický (1390), Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821), Józef Czapski (1896), and Bohuslav Balbín (1621). After him are Josef Jungmann (1773), Viktor Dyk (1877), Arnošt Lustig (1926), Karel Píč (1920), Vladislav Vančura (1891), and Tom Stoppard (1937).

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