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Kostis Palamas

1859 - 1943

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Kostis Palamas (Greek: Κωστής Παλαμάς; 13 January [O.S. 8 January] 1859 – 27 February 1943) was a Greek poet who wrote the words to the Olympic Hymn. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kostis Palamas has received more than 127,271 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Kostis Palamas is the 2,864th most popular writer (down from 2,738th in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from Greece (down from 509th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Greek Writer.

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  • 130k

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  • 53.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kostis Palamas ranks 2,864 out of 7,302. Before him are Dmitry Likhachov, Anne McCaffrey, Bernardo Dovizi, Maurice Sendak, Ferenc Kazinczy, and Yasutaka Tsutsui. After him are Anthony Horowitz, Gu Yanwu, Jonathan Franzen, Giacomo da Lentini, Jack Williamson, and Robert Penn Warren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Kostis Palamas ranks 71. Before him are Belle Gunness, John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Mikhail Rodzianko, Aurel Stodola, and Adolf Bertram. After him are August von Gödrich, Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, Christian von Ehrenfels, Ernst Hartert, Victor Loret, and Louis Majorelle. Among people deceased in 1943, Kostis Palamas ranks 108. Before him are Mihailo Petrović, Akira Matsunaga, Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, Prince Christoph of Hesse, Ricardo Viñes, and Gyula Peidl. After him are Ashraf Ali Thanwi, Ludwig von Reuter, Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia, Aleš Hrdlička, Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, and Aliagha Shikhlinski.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Kostis Palamas ranks 516 out of 1,024. Before him are Maria Farantouri (1947), Philitas of Cos (-400), Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (1950), Eurycratides (-600), Apollodorus the Epicurean (-150), and Machanidas (-254). After him are Xanthippus of Carthage (-300), Antiphanes (-388), Aristidis Konstantinidis (1900), George Averoff (1815), Anastasios of Albania (1929), and Acusilaus (-600).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Kostis Palamas ranks 61. Before him are Victorinus of Pettau (250), Dionysios Solomos (1798), Philostratus of Lemnos (200), Antigonus of Carystus (-290), Praxilla (-500), and Philitas of Cos (-400). After him are Antiphanes (-388), Acusilaus (-600), Anyte of Tegea (-290), Theodor Kallifatides (1938), Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851), and Rhianus (-275).

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