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Karel Jaromír Erben

1811 - 1870

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Karel Jaromír Erben (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkarɛl ˈjaromiːr ˈɛrbɛn]; 7 November 1811 – 21 November 1870) was a Czech folklorist and poet of the mid-19th century, best known for his collection Kytice, which contains poems based on traditional and folkloric themes. He also wrote Písně národní v Čechách ("Folk Songs of Bohemia") which contains 500 songs and Prostonárodní české písně a říkadla ("Czech Folk Songs and Nursery Rhymes"), a five-part book that brings together most of Czech folklore. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karel Jaromír Erben has received more than 95,420 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Karel Jaromír Erben is the 2,346th most popular writer (up from 2,470th in 2019), the 285th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 284th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Czech Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karel Jaromír Erben ranks 2,346 out of 5,755. Before him are Mouloud Feraoun, Théophile de Viau, Clive Barker, Lidia Zamenhof, Giovanni Pascoli, and Unica Zürn. After him are Panteleimon Kulish, Albert Robida, Friedrich Spee, John the Lydian, Mary Baker Eddy, and Michael Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Karel Jaromír Erben ranks 30. Before him are Kurmanjan Datka, Jules Dupré, Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, Sengge Rinchen, Ditlev Gothard Monrad, and Carlo Matteucci. After him are Édouard René de Laboulaye, Auguste Bravais, Otto Hesse, Raden Saleh, Émilie de Villeneuve, and Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel. Among people deceased in 1870, Karel Jaromír Erben ranks 30. Before him are Konstantin Ushinsky, David Farragut, Justo José de Urquiza, Charles Xavier Thomas, Victor Noir, and Paul-Émile Botta. After him are Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, Prince Frederick of Württemberg, Cesare Pugni, Victor de Broglie, Imre Frivaldszky, and Alexei Lvov.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karel Jaromír Erben ranks 285 out of 973. Before him are Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia (1075), Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe (1868), Conrad II, Duke of Bohemia (1136), Svatopluk, Duke of Bohemia (1100), Otakar Ševčík (1852), and Paul Wranitzky (1756). After him are Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729), Alois Jirásek (1851), Josef Suk (1929), Václav Vorlíček (1930), Jan Fischer (1951), and Vladislaus III, Duke of Bohemia (1160).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Karel Jaromír Erben ranks 29. Before him are Ivan Klíma (1931), Guido Adler (1855), Pavel Kohout (1928), Josef Lada (1887), Princess Michael of Kent (1945), and Karel Hynek Mácha (1810). After him are Alois Jirásek (1851), Vítězslav Nezval (1900), Fritz Mauthner (1849), Petr Chelčický (1390), Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821), and Józef Czapski (1896).

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