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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 117,439 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Kostis Palamas is the 2,748th most popular writer (down from 2,476th in 2019), the 509th most popular biography from Greece (down from 475th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Greek Writer.

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  • 120k

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  • 52.41

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kostis Palamas ranks 2,748 out of 5,755Before him are Rafael de Nogales Méndez, Rachel Bluwstein, Mohammed Hussein Heikal, Hal Clement, Balthasar Russow, and Joyce Meyer. After him are Heinrich von Veldeke, Alda Merini, John Wyndham, Gerard Reve, Étienne Pivert de Senancour, and Krishna Sobti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Kostis Palamas ranks 70Before him are Gustave Kahn, Christian von Ehrenfels, Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, Mikhail Rodzianko, Adolf Bertram, and Otto Hölder. After him are Karl Muck, Otto Warburg, Johan Jensen, Aurel Stodola, Paja Jovanović, and Kosta Khetagurov. Among people deceased in 1943, Kostis Palamas ranks 97Before him are George Washington Carver, Otto Freundlich, Yury Tynyanov, Prince Christoph of Hesse, Willi Graf, and Agustín Pedro Justo. After him are Doris Miller, Mihailo Petrović, Ricardo Viñes, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia, and Ruth Belville.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Kostis Palamas ranks 509 out of 936Before him are Eudamidas III (-300), Archidamus I (-600), Isidore of Kiev (1385), Theagenes of Megara (-700), Charilaus (null), and Gregory III of Constantinople (1450). After him are Kostas Karamanlis (1956), Krste Misirkov (1874), Dinostratus (-390), Agesipolis I (-410), Eumelus of Corinth (-800), and Jason of Pherae (-500).

Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Kostis Palamas ranks 61Before him are Dionysios Solomos (1798), Posidippus (-310), Praxilla (-500), Philitas of Cos (-400), Phrynichus (-535), and Anyte of Tegea (-290). After him are Eumelus of Corinth (-800), Philostratus of Lemnos (200), Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851), Antiphanes (-388), Hierocles of Alexandria (410), and Theodor Kallifatides (1938).