WRITER

Juris Alunāns

1832 - 1864

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Juris Alunāns (official name Gustavs Georgs Frīdrihs Alunāns; May 13, 1832 – April 18, 1864) was a Latvian writer and philologist in the Russian Empire. He was one of the first contributors of the Latvian language. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juris Alunāns has received more than 23,476 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Juris Alunāns is the 5,918th most popular writer (down from 5,091st in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 147th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Latvian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 23k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Dziesmin̦as
1981
Izlase
Latvian poetry
2000
Izlase
Latvian literature
1956
Dziesmin̦as
1981
Dziesmin̦as
1981
Izlase
Latvian literature
1956
Izlase
Latvian poetry
2000
Dziesmin̦as
1981

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Juris Alunāns ranks 5,918 out of 7,302. Before him are James Cooke Brown, John Berryman, Brigitte Kronauer, Júlia Lopes de Almeida, Yury Kazakov, and Naomi Novik. After him are William Cobbett, Samuel Benchetrit, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, Bano Qudsia, Elsa Joubert, and Daína Chaviano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Juris Alunāns ranks 96. Before him are Edward Newton, José María Campo Serrano, Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Octave Chanute, Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg, and Isaac Israel Hayes. After him are Henry Seebohm, Lizardo Montero Flores, José Ruperto Monagas, Walter Q. Gresham, Rebecca Solomon, and John Brown Gordon. Among people deceased in 1864, Juris Alunāns ranks 69. Before him are Alexander Vostokov, José Justo Corro, Adelaide Anne Procter, Jacques Jasmin, John Clare, and William T. Anderson. After him are John Sedgwick, Leonidas Polk, Benjamin Silliman, William Smith O'Brien, and Henry Schoolcraft.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Juris Alunāns ranks 180 out of 323. Before him are Regīna Ezera (1930), Alexei Kudrin (1960), Mirdza Ķempe (1907), Valdis Muižnieks (1935), Valdis Valters (1957), and Ursula Donath (1931). After him are Aigars Kalvītis (1966), Alexei Shirov (1972), Juris Silovs (1950), Vija Celmins (1938), Vladimirs Petrovs (1907), and Aleksandrs Starkovs (1955).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Juris Alunāns ranks 28. Before him are Anna Brigadere (1861), Kārlis Skalbe (1879), Astrid Ivask (1926), Atis Kronvalds (1837), Regīna Ezera (1930), and Mirdza Ķempe (1907). After him are Jānis Akuraters (1876).

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