WRITER

Magda Szabó

1917 - 2007

Photo of Magda Szabó

Icon of person Magda Szabó

Magda Szabó (5 October 1917 – 19 November 2007) was a Hungarian novelist. Doctor of philology, she also wrote dramas, essays, studies, memoirs, poetry and children's literature. She was a founding member of the Digital Literary Academy, an online digital repository of Hungarian literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Magda Szabó has received more than 220,974 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Magda Szabó is the 1,392nd most popular writer (down from 1,313th in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 138th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Hungarian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Kívül a körön
1980
Katalin utca
1969
Mézescsók Cerberusnak
1999
Szüret
1900
Pilátus
1963
Ókút
1970

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Magda Szabó ranks 1,392 out of 7,302. Before her are Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, Mahadevi Varma, Rodolphe Töpffer, Don DeLillo, François de Malherbe, and Robin Hobb. After her are Dnyaneshwar, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Pehr Henrik Ling, Fulcher of Chartres, César Vallejo, and Sima Xiangru.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Magda Szabó ranks 72. Before her are Yigael Yadin, David McClelland, Kunitaka Sueoka, Pál Maléter, Kamal Jumblatt, and Obdulio Varela. After her are Robert Bloch, Ettore Sottsass, Henry Ford II, Maurice Trintignant, Alexander Schmorell, and Stéphane Hessel. Among people deceased in 2007, Magda Szabó ranks 56. Before her are Petar Stambolić, Michel Serrault, Bob Denard, Rudolf Arnheim, Robert Adler, and Ian Smith. After her are Jaan Kross, Abbé Pierre, Ettore Sottsass, Sol LeWitt, Jean-Pierre Vernant, and Jupp Derwall.

Others Born in 1917

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2007

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Magda Szabó ranks 152 out of 1,077. Before her are Gyula Lóránt (1923), Leopold Auer (1845), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), Ágnes Keleti (1921), Gusztáv Jány (1883), and Ferenc Mádl (1931). After her are Béla Balázs (1884), Ferenc Bene (1944), Gyula Gömbös (1886), László Papp (1926), Edgar Ætheling (1051), and Lajos Tichy (1935).

Others born in Hungary

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Magda Szabó ranks 13. Before her are Ferenc Molnár (1878), Felix Salten (1869), Ján Kollár (1793), Ephraim Kishon (1924), Max Nordau (1849), and Nikolaus Lenau (1802). After her are Béla Balázs (1884), Miklós Zrínyi (1620), Mór Jókai (1825), Attila József (1905), Péter Nádas (1942), and Hannah Szenes (1921).

Hungarian born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous