WRITER

Károly Kerényi

1897 - 1973

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Károly Kerényi (Hungarian: Kerényi Károly, pronounced [ˈkɛreːɲi ˈkaːroj]; 19 January 1897 – 14 April 1973), also known as Karl Kerényi and Karl Kerenyi, was a Hungarian scholar in classical philology and one of the founders of modern studies of Greek mythology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Károly Kerényi has received more than 122,047 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Károly Kerényi is the 1,426th most popular writer (up from 1,475th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Romania (up from 97th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Romanian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Pythagoras und Orpheus
Pythagoras and Pythagorean school, Orpheus, Orpheus (Greek mythology)
1940
Prometheus
Prometheus (Greek deity), Prometheus, Greek Cosmogony
1946
Eleusis
Eleusinian mysteries, Religion, Archetypes in civilization
1967
The gods of the Greeks
Greek Gods, Greek Mythology
1951
Hermes der Seelenführer
Hermes (Greek deity), Greek Mythology
1944
The heroes of the Greeks
Greek Mythology, Heroes, Mythology
1959

Page views of Károly Kerényis by language

Over the past year Károly Kerényi has had the most page views in the with 16,031 views, followed by Italian (7,188), and Spanish (5,853). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (53.54%), Ukrainian (48.08%), and Slovak (43.52%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Károly Kerényi ranks 1,426 out of 7,302. Before him are Qiu Jin, Du Mu, Jane Hawking, Chico Xavier, Else Lasker-Schüler, and Fran Krsto Frankopan. After him are Ihara Saikaku, Marcel Aymé, Karin Boye, Torben Ulrich, Rafael Alberti, and Ivan Vazov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Károly Kerényi ranks 74. Before him are Sidney Bechet, Adolf Heusinger, Mukhtar Auezov, Thornton Wilder, Sepp Herberger, and Philippe Soupault. After him are Jean Epstein, Virginia Henderson, Winifred Wagner, Hans Speidel, Rouben Mamoulian, and Carl Oberg. Among people deceased in 1973, Károly Kerényi ranks 62. Before him are Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Otto Klemperer, Adolf Strauss, Karl Löwith, Milunka Savić, and Robert Siodmak. After him are Edward Steichen, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Sessue Hayakawa, Robert Smithson, Soong Ai-ling, and Katina Paxinou.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Károly Kerényi ranks 94 out of 844. Before him are Endre Ady (1877), Angelica Rozeanu (1921), György Kurtág (1926), Princess Ileana of Romania (1909), Vladimir Cosma (1940), and Fritz Klein (1888). After him are László Bölöni (1953), Rezső Kasztner (1906), Farkas Bolyai (1775), Ben Ferencz (1920), Aureolus (220), and Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1902).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Károly Kerényi ranks 11. Before him are Elie Wiesel (1928), Jacob L. Moreno (1889), Dimitrie Cantemir (1673), Mihai Eminescu (1850), Panait Istrati (1884), and Dositej Obradović (1742). After him are Ion Luca Caragiale (1852), Lajos Zilahy (1891), Ion Creangă (1837), Miklós Nyiszli (1901), Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916), and Dora d'Istria (1828).

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