WRITER

Milan Rúfus

1928 - 2009

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Milan Rúfus (December 10, 1928 – January 11, 2009) was a Slovak poet, essayist, translator, children's writer and academic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Milan Rúfus has received more than 24,211 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Milan Rúfus is the 5,444th most popular writer (down from 5,065th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 181st in 2019) and the 21st most popular Slovak Writer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Milan Rúfus ranks 5,444 out of 7,302Before her are Richard Hoggart, Jan Lechoń, Christopher Paolini, Scott O'Dell, Ádám Bodor, and Aquilino Ribeiro. After her are Lukas Moodysson, Kate Atkinson, John Antoine Nau, John Varley, William Muir, and Jacques-Pierre Amette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Milan Rúfus ranks 453Before her are William Alexander Morgan, Lucyna Winnicka, Angélica Gorodischer, Stanley Mandelstam, Clu Gulager, and Rıdvan Bolatlı. After her are Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Nigel Davenport, Alice Drummond, Thomas E. Kurtz, Marcos Calderón, and Mustapha Zitouni. Among people deceased in 2009, Milan Rúfus ranks 281Before her are Alfred Hrdlicka, René Bliard, Alan A'Court, John Martyn, Ernst Benda, and Türkan Saylan. After her are Klavdiya Boyarskikh, John Keel, Ricardo Londoño, Uma Aaltonen, Dell Hymes, and Ine Schäffer.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Milan Rúfus ranks 205 out of 418Before her are Alphons Czibulka (1842), István Bittó (1822), Viktor Madarász (1830), Ján Kocian (1958), Ladislav Troják (1914), and Róbert Vittek (1982). After her are János Fadrusz (1858), Anton Moravčík (1931), Ján Babjak (1953), Ľubomír Moravčík (1965), Ján Čapkovič (1948), and Dušan Galis (1949).

Among WRITERS In Slovakia

Among writers born in Slovakia, Milan Rúfus ranks 21Before her are Samo Chalupka (1812), Martin Kukučín (1860), Ján Hollý (1785), Vladimir Oravsky (1947), Béla Illés (1895), and Margita Figuli (1909). After her are Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová (1855), Timrava (1867), Peter Pišťanek (1960), and Radoslav Rochallyi (1980).