WRITER

Jānis Akuraters

1876 - 1937

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Jānis Akuraters (13 January 1876 – 25 July 1937) was a Latvian poet, writer, playwright and politician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jānis Akuraters has received more than 10,564 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jānis Akuraters is the 6,175th most popular writer, the 189th most popular biography from Latvia and the 29th most popular Latvian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Atspīdumi
1968
Kalēja dēls
1972
Dienu atspīdumi
History, Latvian Personal narratives, Personal narratives, Latvian
1996
Pēteris Danga
1952
Ugunīgi ziedi
1957
Atspīdumi
1968

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jānis Akuraters ranks 6,175 out of 7,302. Before him are Theodore Roethke, Éric Vuillard, Robert Creeley, Philip Massinger, Paul Scott, and Anthony Doerr. After him are Michael Drayton, George Saunders, David McCullough, Maxine Kumin, George Woodcock, and Maria Teresa Horta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Jānis Akuraters ranks 195. Before him are Lionel Tertis, Ralph Barton Perry, James Scullin, Claude Buckenham, John Garstang, and George Cloutier. After him are James Larkin, John August Anderson, John Mulcahy, Susan Glaspell, John T. Dillon, and Mary Ritter Beard. Among people deceased in 1937, Jānis Akuraters ranks 181. Before him are Clarence Clark, R. J. Mitchell, Claude Buckenham, Ruth Roland, George Caridia, and Roberto Ferrari. After him are Annie Lorrain Smith, Ellen Hansell, Magnús Guðmundsson, John Russell Pope, William Gillette, and John T. Dillon.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Jānis Akuraters ranks 189 out of 323. Before him are Juris Silovs (1950), Vija Celmins (1938), Vladimirs Petrovs (1907), Aleksandrs Starkovs (1955), Daina Taimiņa (1954), and George Gulack (1905). After him are Māris Gailis (1951), Inese Vaidere (1952), Einars Repše (1961), Vitālijs Astafjevs (1971), Nikolai Ekk (1902), and Inta Kļimoviča (1951).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Jānis Akuraters ranks 29. Before him are Kārlis Skalbe (1879), Astrid Ivask (1926), Atis Kronvalds (1837), Regīna Ezera (1930), Mirdza Ķempe (1907), and Juris Alunāns (1832).

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