WRITER

Julius Fučík

1903 - 1943

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Julius Fučík (Czech: [ˈjulɪjus ˈfutʃiːk]) (23 February 1903 – 8 September 1943) was a Czech journalist, critic, writer, and active member of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. For his part at the forefront of the anti-Nazi resistance during the Second World War, he was imprisoned and tortured by the Gestapo in Prague, and executed in Berlin. While in prison, Fučík recorded his interrogation experiences on small pieces of paper, which were smuggled out and published after the war as Notes from the Gallows. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julius Fučík has received more than 23,257 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Julius Fučík is the 719th most popular writer (up from 724th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Czech Writer.

Julius Fučík was a Czechoslovakian spy during WWII. He was captured by the Gestapo and executed in 1942.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Julius Fučík ranks 719 out of 7,302. Before him are Dalton Trumbo, Veronica Franco, Alain-René Lesage, Milorad Pavić, Alfred de Vigny, and Emilio Salgari. After him are Geoffrey of Monmouth, Bernart de Ventadorn, William Saroyan, Hugo Ball, Longus, and Zosimus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Julius Fučík ranks 39. Before him are John Dillinger, Irène Némirovsky, Tunku Abdul Rahman, Matthias Sindelar, Haldan Keffer Hartline, and Bruno Bettelheim. After him are Lars Onsager, Georg Elser, Alec Douglas-Home, Empress Kōjun, Bing Crosby, and John Eccles. Among people deceased in 1943, Julius Fučík ranks 22. Before him are Władysław Sikorski, Alexandre Millerand, Nikolai Vavilov, Max Wertheimer, Alexandre Yersin, and Maurice Denis. After him are Beatrix Potter, Gustav Vigeland, Max Reinhardt, Jean Moulin, Leslie Howard, and Etty Hillesum.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Julius Fučík ranks 87 out of 1,200. Before him are Věra Čáslavská (1942), Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644), Ottokar I of Bohemia (1155), Maria Christina of Austria (1858), Antonín Novotný (1904), and Victor Lustig (1890). After him are Jiří Menzel (1938), Petr Pavel (1961), Archduchess Anna of Austria (1528), Kurt Knispel (1921), Johann Stamitz (1717), and Prokop the Great (1380).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Julius Fučík ranks 13. Before him are Max Brod (1884), Milena Jesenská (1896), Bohumil Hrabal (1914), Franz Werfel (1890), Jaroslav Seifert (1901), and Karl Kraus (1874). After him are Jan Neruda (1834), Alfred Kubin (1877), Adalbert Stifter (1805), Cosmas of Prague (1045), Josef Čapek (1887), and Guido Adler (1855).

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