WRITER

Kārlis Skalbe

1879 - 1945

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Kārlis Skalbe (November 7 [O.S. October 26] 1879 – April 14, 1945) was a Latvian writer, poet, and activist. He is best known for his 72 fairy tales which are really written for adults. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kārlis Skalbe has received more than 26,575 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Kārlis Skalbe is the 5,407th most popular writer (down from 4,664th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Latvia (down from 133rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Latvian Writer.

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  • 27k

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  • 53.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kārlis Skalbe ranks 5,407 out of 7,302. Before him are John Connolly, William Harrison Ainsworth, Henry Roth, Kang Kyeong-ae, Ibrahim Kuni, and Kristin Hannah. After him are Mochtar Lubis, Olivia Manning, Mira Alečković, Manuel Curros Enríquez, Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, and Remco Campert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Kārlis Skalbe ranks 205. Before him are Marie Juchacz, Alexandros Othonaios, Adolf Lindfors, Othmar Ammann, Alfred Swahn, and Lucile Watson. After him are Johan Falkberget, Alfrēds Kalniņš, Aeneas Mackintosh, Adolf Spinnler, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, and Arthur Johnson. Among people deceased in 1945, Kārlis Skalbe ranks 320. Before him are Hélène de Pourtalès, Anders Larsson, Giovanni Palatucci, Kazimierz Prószyński, Adolf Bartels, and Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer. After him are Ferdinand Kiefler, Boris Galerkin, Petar Gabrovski, Alexey Favorsky, Alexander Patch, and Tom Taylor.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Kārlis Skalbe ranks 163 out of 323. Before him are Afanasijs Kuzmins (1947), Fridrikh Ermler (1898), Andris Piebalgs (1957), Emīls Dārziņš (1875), Imants Kalniņš (1941), and Bruno Habārovs (1939). After him are Dainis Kūla (1959), Astrid Ivask (1926), Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879), Andris Nelsons (1978), Laila Freivalds (1942), and Juris Upatnieks (1936).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Kārlis Skalbe ranks 23. Before him are Erik Hornung (1933), Aleksandrs Čaks (1901), Werner Bergengruen (1892), Imants Ziedonis (1933), Andrejs Upīts (1877), and Anna Brigadere (1861). After him are Astrid Ivask (1926), Atis Kronvalds (1837), Regīna Ezera (1930), Mirdza Ķempe (1907), Juris Alunāns (1832), and Jānis Akuraters (1876).

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