WRITER

Ján Kollár

1793 - 1852

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Ján Kollár (Hungarian: Kollár János; 29 July 1793 – 24 January 1852) was a Slovak writer (mainly poet), archaeologist, scientist, Lutheran pastor, politician, and main ideologist of Pan-Slavism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ján Kollár has received more than 67,088 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Ján Kollár is the 1,053rd most popular writer (up from 1,218th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 37th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Hungarian Writer.

Ján Kollár is most famous for his contributions to the Slovak language. Kollár was one of the first people to write in Slovak, and he was one of the first people to create a Slovak alphabet.

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  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Listy Jána Kollára
1991
O kníževnoĭ uzaĭmnosti između raslični plemena i nari︠e︡čii︠a︡ ..
1845
Vlastenec
Slovak poetry
1952
Pamäti z mladších rokov života
1950
Národnie spievanky
1953
Dielo
2001

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ján Kollár ranks 1,053 out of 7,302. Before him are Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Paul Bourget, Emanuel Schikaneder, Giambattista Marino, Henri Troyat, and Tess Gerritsen. After him are Martin Andersen Nexø, Zhuanxu, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Ernst Barlach, Adalbert Stifter, and Ibn Sirin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, Ján Kollár ranks 5. Before him are Ferdinand I of Austria, Victor of Aveyron, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, and Juan Manuel de Rosas. After him are Karl Ludwig Hencke, Josef Ressel, Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira, Michel Chasles, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Constantine Kanaris, and James Dunlop. Among people deceased in 1852, Ján Kollár ranks 14. Before him are Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Johan Gadolin, Karl Bryullov, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Vasily Zhukovsky, and Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg. After him are Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, Xavier de Maistre, Thomas Moore, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Hadji Murad, and Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ján Kollár ranks 111 out of 1,077. Before him are Pál Teleki (1879), Cornel Wilde (1912), Pál Schmitt (1942), Saint Margaret of Scotland (1045), Döme Sztójay (1883), and George Pólya (1887). After him are Gyula Grosics (1926), György Cziffra (1921), Orestes (420), Bayan I (600), Saint Emeric of Hungary (1000), and Marcel Grossmann (1878).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Ján Kollár ranks 9. Before him are Sándor Márai (1900), Sándor Petőfi (1823), Ágota Kristóf (1935), Arthur Koestler (1905), Ferenc Molnár (1878), and Felix Salten (1869). After him are Ephraim Kishon (1924), Max Nordau (1849), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), Magda Szabó (1917), Béla Balázs (1884), and Miklós Zrínyi (1620).

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