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János Arany

1817 - 1882

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János Arany (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈjaːnoʃ ˈɒrɒɲ]; archaic English: John Arany; 2 March 1817 – 22 October 1882) was a Hungarian poet, writer, translator and journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of János Arany has received more than 135,273 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. János Arany is the 2,226th most popular writer (down from 2,043rd in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Romania (down from 129th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Romanian Writer.

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  • 54.30

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, János Arany ranks 2,226 out of 5,755Before him are Émile Augier, Andrey Kurbsky, Luís Fróis, Katsu Kaishū, Ki no Tsurayuki, and François Coppée. After him are Uhwudong, Ernst von Salomon, Leopoldo Alas, Germaine Greer, Karlheinz Deschner, and Richard Ford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, János Arany ranks 31Before him are Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Mihail Kogălniceanu, José Zorrilla, and C. H. D. Buys Ballot. After him are Carl Nägeli, Nikolay Kostomarov, Alfred Józef Potocki, Heinrich Graetz, Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Karl Vogt. Among people deceased in 1882, János Arany ranks 36Before him are Joachim Raff, Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Alfred Escher, Estanislao Figueras, John Nelson Darby, and Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann. After him are Berthold Auerbach, Friedrich von Lütke, Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Jørgen Moe, Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner, and Georges Leclanché.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, János Arany ranks 150 out of 665Before him are Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (1784), Nicolae Grigorescu (1838), Ecaterina Teodoroiu (1894), Octavian Goga (1881), Radu Lupu (1945), and Abraham Wald (1902). After him are Lucian Blaga (1895), Victor Stănculescu (1928), Richard Wurmbrand (1909), Marthe Bibesco (1886), Angelica Rozeanu (1921), and Manea Mănescu (1916).

Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, János Arany ranks 18Before him are Károly Kerényi (1897), Ion Luca Caragiale (1852), Lajos Zilahy (1891), Miklós Nyiszli (1901), Vasile Alecsandri (1821), and Dora d'Istria (1828). After him are Richard Wurmbrand (1909), Marthe Bibesco (1886), Mihail Sadoveanu (1880), Tudor Arghezi (1880), Benjamin Fondane (1898), and Liviu Rebreanu (1885).