WRITER

Jáchym Topol

1962 - Today

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Jáchym Topol (born 4 August 1962) is a Czech poet, novelist, musician and journalist who became a laureate of the Czech State Award for Literature in October 2017 for his novel A Sensitive Person and his life work to date. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jáchym Topol has received more than 45,186 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jáchym Topol is the 6,413th most popular writer (down from 5,919th in 2019), the 828th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 711th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Czech Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 45k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Chladnou zemí
2009
Anděl
1995
Miluju tě k zbláznění
1990
V úterý bude válka
1992
Sestra
1994
Angel station
Working class men, Fiction
"Angel Station takes its title from the bustling Metro stop in the Prague district of Smíchov. Until the gentrification of the late 1990s, it was a rough-and-tumble, working-class neighborhood with a sizeable Roma and Vietnamese population. Topol's novel, in sparse yet poetic language--agilely brought into English by the author's longtime translator Alex Zucker--weaves together the brutal and disturbing fates of an addict, a shopkeeper, and a religious fanatic as they each follow the path they hope will lead them to serenity: drugs, money, and faith."--
2017

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jáchym Topol ranks 6,413 out of 7,302. Before him are Joe Hill, Māra Zālīte, Ayi Kwei Armah, James Branch Cabell, Michael McClure, and Andrew Sarris. After him are Frances Wright, Michal Šanda, Thomas Hood, Klas Östergren, Tana French, and Jenny Erpenbeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Jáchym Topol ranks 532. Before him are Erik Thorstvedt, Jennifer Egan, Stockton Rush, Jeffrey Nordling, Zsolt Semjén, and Tomas Johansson. After him are Jean-François Bernard, Carme Pigem, Michael Gaston, DJ Hell, Rick Yancey, and Ahn Byeong-keun.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jáchym Topol ranks 828 out of 1,200. Before him are Barbora Strýcová (1986), Tomáš Hübschman (1981), Tomáš Dvořák (1972), Zdeněk Štybar (1985), Stanislav Gross (1969), and Pavel Horváth (1975). After him are Michal Šanda (1965), František Straka (1958), Táňa Fischerová (1947), Theodor Gebre Selassie (1986), Zdeněk Šreiner (1954), and Miloslava Misáková (1922).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Jáchym Topol ranks 84. Before him are Eduard Bass (1888), Jaroslav Kvapil (1868), Fredy Perlman (1934), Franz Fühmann (1922), Antonín Sova (1864), and Marie Pujmanová (1893). After him are Michal Šanda (1965), Michal Viewegh (1962), Petr Zelenka (1967), Milan Ohnisko (1965), and Radka Denemarková (1968).

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