WRITER

Mór Jókai

1825 - 1904

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Móricz Jókay of Ásva [ˈmoːr ˈjoːkɒi] (18 February 1825 – 5 May 1904), known as Mór Jókai, was a Hungarian novelist, dramatist and revolutionary. Outside of Hungary, he was also known as Maurice Jókai or Maurus Jokai or Mauritius Jókai. He was a leader of the outbreak of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in Pest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mór Jókai has received more than 137,065 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Mór Jókai is the 1,584th most popular writer (up from 1,733rd in 2019), the 176th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 197th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Hungarian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Szomorú napok
History, Fiction, Accessible book
1900
Poor plutocrats
1899
Egy az Isten
1877
Timar's two worlds
Hungarian Science fiction
1888
The nameless castle
History, Fiction, Accessible book
1898
A Hungarian nabob
1899

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mór Jókai ranks 1,584 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean Chapelain, Alasdair Gray, Dean Koontz, Langston Hughes, Alexander Polyhistor, and Giorgio Bassani. After him are Lydia Koidula, Akiyuki Nosaka, Namık Kemal, Attila József, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, and Silvina Ocampo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Mór Jókai ranks 21. Before him are Henri Giffard, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Henry Walter Bates, Nubar Pasha, Sher Ali Khan, and Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia. After him are Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, George Phillips Bond, Charles Frederick Worth, Edward Frankland, Hervé, and Camilo Castelo Branco. Among people deceased in 1904, Mór Jókai ranks 33. Before him are Eduard Hanslick, María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, Nikolay Bobrikov, Vladimir Markovnikov, Isabella Bird, and Kartini. After him are Princess Alexandrine of Baden, Antonio Labriola, Wilhelm Marr, Herbert von Bismarck, Isabelle Eberhardt, and Jamsetji Tata.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Mór Jókai ranks 176 out of 1,077. Before him are Michael Balint (1896), Constance of Hungary (1180), Géza Lakatos (1890), Aurel Stein (1862), Valamir (420), and Márta Mészáros (1931). After him are Attila József (1905), Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797), Geraldine of Albania (1915), Taksony of Hungary (931), Ludwig von Benedek (1804), and Ferenc Deák (1922).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Mór Jókai ranks 16. Before him are Ephraim Kishon (1924), Max Nordau (1849), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), Magda Szabó (1917), Béla Balázs (1884), and Miklós Zrínyi (1620). After him are Attila József (1905), Péter Nádas (1942), Hannah Szenes (1921), Viktor Barna (1911), György Konrád (1933), and László Krasznahorkai (1954).

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