WRITER

Nikola Vaptsarov

1909 - 1942

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Nikola Yonkov Vaptsarov (Bulgarian: Никола Йонков Вапцаров; Macedonian: Никола Јонков Вапцаров, romanized: Nikola Jonkov Vapcarov; 7 December 1909 – 23 July 1942) was a Bulgarian poet, communist and revolutionary. Working most of his life as a machinist, he only wrote in his spare time. Despite the fact that he only ever published one poetry book, he is considered one of the most important Bulgarian poets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikola Vaptsarov has received more than 99,789 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Nikola Vaptsarov is the 3,438th most popular writer (up from 3,619th in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 142nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Bulgarian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Nineteen poems
1984
Pesen za choveka
1997
Pesni
1958
Poems
Bulgarian poetry, Translation into English, Translations into English
1978
Tvorbi
1979

Page views of Nikola Vaptsarovs by language

Over the past year Nikola Vaptsarov has had the most page views in the with 64,427 views, followed by English (13,798), and Macedonian (5,406). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (84.57%), Italian (61.68%), and Kirghiz (61.06%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nikola Vaptsarov ranks 3,438 out of 7,302. Before him are Erik Gustaf Geijer, Nobuko Yoshiya, Booker T. Washington, Betty Mahmoody, Robert Kerr, and Alberto Savinio. After him are Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Andrey Piontkovsky, Zulfiya, Ennin, Sanmao, and Massimo Bontempelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Nikola Vaptsarov ranks 186. Before him are Valentina Grizodubova, Riccardo Freda, Martin Lings, Gabrielle Roy, Hans Erni, and Sylvère Maes. After him are Sattar Bahlulzade, Gordon Bunshaft, August Sabbe, Fritz Buchloh, Léo Malet, and Arthur Machado. Among people deceased in 1942, Nikola Vaptsarov ranks 139. Before him are Vladimir Petlyakov, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Lev Nussimbaum, Gabriel Terra, Charlie Christian, and Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear. After him are Alberto Franchetti, J. B. M. Hertzog, Francis Younghusband, Alexey Troitsky, Emanuel Feuermann, and Xiao Hong.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Nikola Vaptsarov ranks 143 out of 415. Before him are Lyudmila Zhivkova (1942), Teres I (-470), Angel Wagenstein (1922), Cniva (200), Yordan Letchkov (1967), and Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821). After him are Nikola Kotkov (1938), Euthymius of Tarnovo (1317), Maxim of Bulgaria (1914), Vineh of Bulgaria (740), Stefan Abadzhiev (1934), and Andrey Toshev (1867).

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Among WRITERS In Bulgaria

Among writers born in Bulgaria, Nikola Vaptsarov ranks 13. Before him are Ivan Vazov (1850), Gregory Tsamblak (1365), Constantine of Preslav (900), Sabahattin Ali (1907), Angel Wagenstein (1922), and Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821). After him are Elin Pelin (1877), Blaga Dimitrova (1922), Ferdinand Bruckner (1891), Anton Pann (1796), Geo Milev (1895), and Elisaveta Bagriana (1893).

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