WRITER

Mikalojus Daukša

1527 - 1613

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Mikalojus Daukša (other possible spellings include Mikalojus Daugsza, Polish: Mikołaj Dauksza and Mikolay Dowksza; after 1527 – 16 February 1613 in Medininkai) was a Lithuanian and Latin religious writer, translator and a Lithuanian Catholic Church official. He is best known as the first among Lithuania's humanists to underline the need to codify and promote the Lithuanian language over Chancery Ruthenian and Polish, which were in use in the Grand Duchy at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikalojus Daukša has received more than 45,081 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mikalojus Daukša is the 5,053rd most popular writer, the 161st most popular biography from Lithuania and the 18th most popular Lithuanian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 45k

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  • 47.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Postilės prakalbos
Native language, Lithuanian language
1990
Mikalojaus Daukšos 1599 metų Postilė ir jos šaltiniai
Lithuanian Sermons, Polish Sermons, Sermons
2000
Prakalba
Lithuanian Sermons, Polish Sermons, Sermons, Lithuanian
1963
Parkalba
Polish Sermons, Translations into Lithuanian
1963

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mikalojus Daukša ranks 5,053 out of 7,302. Before him are Walter J. Ong, Peter S. Beagle, Naomi Klein, Mahmud Taymur, Arvid August Afzelius, and Martín Luis Guzmán. After him are Frank O'Hara, Roger Vercel, Jean Cassou, Kama Sywor Kamanda, Béatrix Beck, and José Eustasio Rivera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1527, Mikalojus Daukša ranks 21. Before him are Luca Cambiaso, Hamida Banu Begum, Philippine Welser, Annibale Padovano, Saitō Yoshitatsu, and Łukasz Górnicki.  Among people deceased in 1613, Mikalojus Daukša ranks 14. Before him are Gabriel Báthory, Salima Sultan Begum, Giovanni Artusi, Johann Bauhin, Hypatius Pociej, and Bartholomaeus Pitiscus.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Mikalojus Daukša ranks 161 out of 328. Before him are Kazimieras Būga (1879), Irena Degutienė (1949), Joe Slovo (1926), Vincentas Sladkevičius (1920), Abram Deborin (1881), and Valdemaras Chomičius (1959). After him are Mykolas Biržiška (1882), Saulius Skvernelis (1970), Isaak Kikoin (1908), Georgy Ivanov (1894), Vytautas Žalakevičius (1930), and Vladas Mironas (1880).

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Among WRITERS In Lithuania

Among writers born in Lithuania, Mikalojus Daukša ranks 18. Before him are Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930), Antanas Baranauskas (1835), Žemaitė (1845), Jurgis Baltrušaitis (1873), Źmitrok Biadula (1886), and Mordecai Kaplan (1881). After him are Georgy Ivanov (1894), Petras Cvirka (1909), Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961), Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna (1892), Sigitas Geda (1943), and Arvydas Juozaitis (1956).

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