WRITER

Krišjānis Barons

1835 - 1923

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Krišjānis Barons (October 31, 1835 – March 8, 1923) was a Latvian writer who is known as the "father of the dainas" (Latvian: "Dainu Tēvs"), largely thanks to his systematization of the Latvian folk songs, and his labour in preparing their texts for publication in Latvju dainas. His portrait appeared on the 100-lat banknote prior to the Lat being replaced by the Euro in 2014, his being the only human face of an actual person on modern Latvian currency. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Krišjānis Barons has received more than 59,182 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Krišjānis Barons is the 3,574th most popular writer (down from 3,180th in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 85th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Latvian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 59k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Latwju dainas
Texts, Marriage customs and rites, Latvian Folk songs
1989
Krišjān̦a Barona atmin̦as
Biography, Folklorists
1981
Mazs avots kalnā cel̦as
1983
Latyshskie daĭny
Folk songs, Latvian, Folk songs, Russian, Latvian Folk songs
1985
Par dziesmām un dziedāšanu
History and criticism, Latvian Folk songs, Miniature books
1984

Page views of Krišjānis Barons by language

Over the past year Krišjānis Barons has had the most page views in the with 26,684 views, followed by English (6,307), and Russian (5,468). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Armenian (86.24%), Egyptian Arabic (39.25%), and Erzya (38.39%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Krišjānis Barons ranks 3,574 out of 7,302. Before him are Liza Marklund, Safvet-beg Bašagić, Robert W. Chambers, Sergio Ramírez, Zsigmond Móricz, and Graham Hancock. After him are Richard Curtis, Emma Lazarus, Louis Pergaud, Antonio Palomino, Ćamil Sijarić, and Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Krišjānis Barons ranks 50. Before him are Lunalilo, Raphael Kalinowski, Alexander Potebnja, Franz Defregger, Henri Brisson, and Auguste Kerckhoffs. After him are Daniel Giraud Elliot, Adlai Stevenson I, Duchess Agnes of Württemberg, Felix Draeseke, Benjamin Briggs, and Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke. Among people deceased in 1923, Krišjānis Barons ranks 75. Before him are Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ, Alexander Lodygin, Princess Marie of Battenberg, Horace Parnell Tuttle, Itō Noe, and Walther Kadow. After him are Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird, Michel-Joseph Maunoury, Gunnar Nordström, Józef Bilczewski, Georg Marco, and Guy de la Chapelle.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Krišjānis Barons ranks 95 out of 323. Before him are Heinz Christian Pander (1794), Jacob W. Davis (1831), Anatolijs Gorbunovs (1942), Otto August Rosenberger (1800), Karl Davydov (1838), and Ernst von Bergmann (1836). After him are Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz (1824), Laima Vaikule (1954), Vizma Belševica (1931), Vilhelms Purvītis (1872), Vija Artmane (1929), and Arvīds Jansons (1914).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Krišjānis Barons ranks 12. Before him are Aspazija (1865), Vilis Lācis (1904), Maria Skobtsova (1891), Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801), Anšlavs Eglītis (1906), and Yury Tynyanov (1894). After him are Vizma Belševica (1931), Zenta Mauriņa (1897), Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863), Garlieb Merkel (1769), Erik Hornung (1933), and Aleksandrs Čaks (1901).

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