WRITER

Ladislav Fuks

1923 - 1994

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Ladislav Fuks (September 24, 1923 in Prague – August 19, 1994 in Prague) was a Czech novelist. He focused mainly on psychological novels, portraying the despair and suffering of people under German occupation of Czechoslovakia. Fuks was born in Prague on September 24, 1923, the son of Vaclav Fuks (a police officer) and Marie Frycková Fuksová. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ladislav Fuks has received more than 50,259 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ladislav Fuks is the 4,346th most popular writer (up from 4,683rd in 2019), the 540th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 563rd in 2019) and the 59th most popular Czech Writer.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ladislav Fuks ranks 4,346 out of 7,302. Before him are Larry Collins, Pherecrates, Robert G. Ingersoll, William Thoms, Adela Zamudio, and Dương Thu Hương. After him are Daniil Granin, Castro Alves, Francisco Umbral, Louis Hémon, Osman Nuri Topbaş, and Nélida Piñon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Ladislav Fuks ranks 292. Before him are Lygia Fagundes Telles, Peter Gay, Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg, N. T. Rama Rao, Geoff Duke, and Paul Xuereb. After him are Sara Lidman, Palden Thondup Namgyal, Pierre Chaunu, John Pulman, Karl-Heinz Metzner, and Juan Acuña. Among people deceased in 1994, Ladislav Fuks ranks 207. Before him are Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Bruno Pezzey, Arnold Badjou, Nicole Brown Simpson, Enrico Maria Salerno, and Paul Xuereb. After him are Fernando de Santiago, Gozo Shioda, Max Petitpierre, Nikolai Kryuchkov, Devika Rani, and Ladislav Mňačko.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Ladislav Fuks ranks 540 out of 1,200. Before him are František Langer (1888), Jan Blahoslav (1523), Tadeáš Hájek (1525), Tomáš Pospíchal (1936), Hana Mandlíková (1962), and Ladislav Klíma (1878). After him are Jan Janský (1873), Karel Kachyňa (1924), Jan Šrámek (1870), Peter Ducke (1941), Roderich Menzel (1907), and Jaroslav Burgr (1906).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Ladislav Fuks ranks 59. Before him are Karel Píč (1920), Daniela Hodrová (1946), Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808), Julius Zeyer (1841), František Langer (1888), and Jan Blahoslav (1523). After him are Roderich Menzel (1907), Gudrun Pausewang (1928), Ladislav Mňačko (1919), Ivan Olbracht (1882), Eliška Krásnohorská (1847), and Bohuslav Balbín (1621).

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