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Martin Opitz

1597 - 1639

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Martin Opitz von Boberfeld (23 December 1597 – 20 August 1639) was a German poet, regarded as the greatest of that nation during his lifetime. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Opitz has received more than 72,599 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Opitz is the 1,630th most popular writer (down from 1,559th in 2019), the 349th most popular biography from Poland (down from 311th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Polish Writer.

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  • 73k

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  • 56.79

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Martin Opitz ranks 1,630 out of 5,755Before him are Jane Jacobs, Xenophon of Ephesus, Lajos Zilahy, Juan Donoso Cortés, Lady Randolph Churchill, and Ted Hughes. After him are Avitus of Vienne, Rafael Sabatini, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Martin of Opava, Per Wahlöö, and Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1597, Martin Opitz ranks 4Before him are Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg, and Francesco Barberini. After him are Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Giovanni Battista Hodierna, Luigi Rossi, François Duquesnoy, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, John Francis Regis, and Salomon de Bray. Among people deceased in 1639, Martin Opitz ranks 7Before him are Mustafa I, Tommaso Campanella, Orazio Gentileschi, Martin de Porres, Roelant Savery, and Bernard of Saxe-Weimar. After him are Stefano Landi, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Augusta of Denmark, John Ford, Johannes Meursius, and Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Martin Opitz ranks 349 out of 1,454Before him are Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1755), Bolesław IV the Curly (1120), Barbara Brylska (1941), Arthur Greiser (1897), Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702), and Lukas Podolski (1985). After him are Michał Kalecki (1899), Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930), Roman Dmowski (1864), Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz (1860), Wilhelm Kube (1887), and Andreas Gryphius (1616).

Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Martin Opitz ranks 32Before him are Albert Barillé (1920), Jan Długosz (1415), Jan Kochanowski (1530), Sławomir Mrożek (1930), Johanna Schopenhauer (1766), and Fritz Gerlich (1883). After him are Andreas Gryphius (1616), Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885), Stanisław Wyspiański (1869), Alexander Imich (1903), I. L. Peretz (1852), and George Adamski (1891).