WRITER

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 121,841 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Josef Škvorecký is the 2,748th most popular writer (up from 2,969th in 2019), the 339th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 362nd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Czech Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Bassaxofon
1977
Zbabělci
1958
Příběh inženýra lidských duší
1984
Miss Silver's Past
1969
Tankový prapor
1969
Miss Silver's Past
1969
Zbabělci
1958
Příběh inženýra lidských duší
Fiction, general
1984
The Engineer of Human Souls
Fiction, general, Europe, fiction, Fiction
1969
Tankový prapor
1969
Bassaxofon
Saxophonists, Jazz musicians, Fiction
1977

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Josef Škvorecký ranks 2,748 out of 7,302. Before him are Pierre Benoit, Shūji Terayama, Lu Ji, Borislav Pekić, Jan Luyken, and Jean Lorrain. After him are Franz Overbeck, Sogyal Rinpoche, Zeb-un-Nissa, Michele Ruggieri, Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, and Israel Zolli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Josef Škvorecký ranks 171. Before him are Gilbert Simondon, Marcel Broodthaers, Aman Andom, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Cicely Tyson, and Marjorie Boulton. After him are Guillermo Rodríguez, Arthur Janov, István Nyers, Johannes Mario Simmel, Ramón Castro Ruz, and Élias Sarkis. Among people deceased in 2012, Josef Škvorecký ranks 143. Before him are George Knobel, Pavel Grachev, Georges Mathieu, John Atta Mills, Lisa Della Casa, and Besse Cooper. After him are Blagoje Adžić, Alexis Weissenberg, Maurice Sendak, Jiří Raška, Dawoud Rajiha, and Eiko Ishioka.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Škvorecký ranks 339 out of 1,200. Before him are Melchior Grodziecki (1584), Karel Ančerl (1908), František Brixi (1732), Jan Mukařovský (1891), Jana Brejchová (1940), and Paul Wranitzky (1756). After him are Vlastimil Brodský (1920), Michael Czerny (1946), Petr Chelčický (1390), Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (1137), Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812), and František Čáp (1913).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Josef Škvorecký ranks 36. Before him are Karel Hynek Mácha (1810), Vítězslav Nezval (1900), Alois Musil (1868), Karel Jaromír Erben (1811), Josef Jungmann (1773), and Józef Czapski (1896). After him are Petr Chelčický (1390), Fritz Mauthner (1849), Tom Stoppard (1937), Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821), Karel Kryl (1944), and Viktor Dyk (1877).

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