WRITER

Karel Kryl

1944 - 1994

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Karel Kryl (12 April 1944 – 3 March 1994) was a Czechoslovak (Moravian born and Czech speaking) poet, singer-songwriter and author of many hit protest songs in which he identified and attacked the hypocrisy, stupidity and inhumanity of the Communist (and later also the post-communist) regime in his home country. The lyrics of Kryl's songs are highly poetic and sophisticated, with perfect rhyming and a frequent use of metaphors and historical allusions. The sparse sounds of his guitar served to underscore the natural flow of the lyrics themselves. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karel Kryl has received more than 114,504 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Karel Kryl is the 3,180th most popular writer (up from 3,364th in 2019), the 403rd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 409th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Czech Writer.

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  • 110k

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  • 52.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karel Kryl ranks 3,180 out of 7,302. Before him are Antoine de la Sale, Gennadiy Aygi, Jefimija, Isidora Sekulić, Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, and Elia Abu Madi. After him are Leone Ginzburg, Lasus of Hermione, Robert de Nola, Viktor Dyk, Ozaki Kōyō, and Butrus al-Bustani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Karel Kryl ranks 306. Before him are Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Marilù Tolo, Frank Sinatra Jr., Robert Mueller, Odd Nerdrum, and Jiří Holeček. After him are Abbas, Muhammad Naji al-Otari, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Sharmila Tagore, Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, and Haim Saban. Among people deceased in 1994, Karel Kryl ranks 158. Before him are Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Jack Sharkey, Juan Alonso, Tom Ewell, Dick Sargent, and Sam Francis. After him are Gary Kildall, Anatoly Alexandrov, Igor Chislenko, Oldřich Černík, Nick Cravat, and Vaikom Muhammad Basheer.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karel Kryl ranks 403 out of 1,200. Before him are Jan Santini Aichel (1677), Emmy Destinn (1878), Ota Šik (1919), John of Görlitz (1370), Gerhard Mitter (1935), and Zdeněk Fierlinger (1891). After him are Viktor Dyk (1877), Vladislav Vančura (1891), Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe (1864), Jiří Dienstbier (1937), Simon Sechter (1788), and Lubor Niederle (1865).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Karel Kryl ranks 41. Before him are Józef Czapski (1896), Josef Škvorecký (1924), Petr Chelčický (1390), Fritz Mauthner (1849), Tom Stoppard (1937), and Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821). After him are Viktor Dyk (1877), Vladislav Vančura (1891), Jiří Dienstbier (1937), Jiří Wolker (1900), Arnošt Lustig (1926), and Moritz Steinschneider (1816).

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