WRITER

Mihail Sebastian

1907 - 1945

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Mihail Sebastian (Romanian pronunciation: [mihaˈil sebastiˈan]; born Iosif Mendel Hechter; October 18, 1907 – May 29, 1945) was a Romanian playwright, essayist, journalist and novelist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mihail Sebastian has received more than 132,216 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Mihail Sebastian is the 2,430th most popular writer (up from 2,688th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Romania (up from 188th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Romanian Writer.

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  • 130k

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  • 54.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mihail Sebastian ranks 2,430 out of 7,302. Before him are Niccolò Tommaseo, Paul Hazard, Dominique Lapierre, Philippe de Mornay, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, and Ibn Kemal. After him are María Elena Walsh, Mary Mapes Dodge, Zhou Daguan, Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, Miguel Delibes, and Mak Dizdar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Mihail Sebastian ranks 135. Before him are Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Theodor Wisch, Anthony Blunt, Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Walter Frentz, and Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov. After him are Ramon Magsaysay, Roberto Cherro, Bo Gu, Ursula Kuczynski, Frederick Copleston, and Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1945, Mihail Sebastian ranks 175. Before him are Fritz Klingenberg, Ernst-Günther Baade, Alfred Meyer, Pavle Đurišić, Hans von Dohnanyi, and Isamu Chō. After him are Paul Giesler, Günther Lützow, Heinrich Ehrler, Peter Högl, Volin, and Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Mihail Sebastian ranks 166 out of 844. Before him are Dudu Georgescu (1950), Gabriel Báthory (1589), Mircea Cărtărescu (1956), Regalianus (250), Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia (null), and Vasile Alecsandri (1821). After him are Nicolae Grigorescu (1838), Péter Eötvös (1944), Gheorghe Popescu (1967), Péter Pázmány (1570), Stephen Pongracz (1582), and Julius Popper (1857).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Mihail Sebastian ranks 22. Before him are Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu (1916), Dora d'Istria (1828), Marthe Bibesco (1886), János Arany (1817), Mircea Cărtărescu (1956), and Vasile Alecsandri (1821). After him are Mihail Sadoveanu (1880), Richard Wurmbrand (1909), Benjamin Fondane (1898), Ferenc Kazinczy (1759), Ana Blandiana (1942), and Tudor Arghezi (1880).

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