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Jovan Jovanović Zmaj

1833 - 1904

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Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Јовановић Змаj, pronounced [jɔ̌v̞an jɔv̞ǎːnɔv̞it͡ɕ zmâj]; 24 November 1833 – 1 June 1904) was a Serbian poet, translator and physician. Jovanović worked as a physician; he wrote in many poetry genres, including love, lyric, patriotic, political, and youth, but he remains best known for his children's poetry. His nursery rhymes have entered the Serbian national consciousness and people sing them to their children without knowing who wrote them. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jovan Jovanović Zmaj has received more than 121,771 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Jovan Jovanović Zmaj is the 1,792nd most popular writer (up from 2,131st in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Serbia (up from 119th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Serbian Writer.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj ranks 1,792 out of 7,302. Before him are Augusto Boal, Michel Zevaco, Robert Silverberg, Gabriel Naudé, Djuna Barnes, and Joseph D. Pistone. After him are Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Manuel Puig, Betty Friedan, Frans Sammut, Yevgenia Ginzburg, and Desanka Maksimović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj ranks 25. Before him are Jonas Lie, Kido Takayoshi, Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, Carola of Vasa, Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, and Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau. After him are Marko Vovchok, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Eliza Lynch, Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium, Carlos Finlay, and Peter Waage. Among people deceased in 1904, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj ranks 40. Before him are Princess Alexandrine of Baden, Antonio Labriola, Wilhelm Marr, Herbert von Bismarck, Isabelle Eberhardt, and Jamsetji Tata. After him are Clemens Winkler, Franz von Lenbach, Eugen Schauman, Korla Awgust Kocor, Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, and Vyacheslav von Plehve.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj ranks 106 out of 661. Before him are Dušan Makavejev (1932), Nikolaj Velimirović (1880), Beba Lončar (1943), Jovan Cvijić (1865), Dengizich (395), and Ivan Stambolić (1936). After him are Desanka Maksimović (1898), Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria (1300), Dragan Nikolić (1943), Ana Brnabić (1975), Svetozar Marković (1846), and Monica Seles (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Serbia

Among writers born in Serbia, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj ranks 7. Before him are Vuk Karadžić (1787), Milorad Pavić (1929), Dobrica Ćosić (1921), Danilo Kiš (1935), Branislav Nušić (1864), and Radoje Domanović (1873). After him are Desanka Maksimović (1898), Đura Jakšić (1832), Vasko Popa (1922), Aleksandar Tišma (1924), Isidora Sekulić (1877), and Mika Antić (1932).

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