WRITER

Oton Župančič

1878 - 1949

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Oton Župančič (January 23, 1878 – June 11, 1949, pseudonym Gojko) was a Slovene poet, translator, and playwright. He is regarded, alongside Ivan Cankar, Dragotin Kette and Josip Murn, as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oton Župančič has received more than 55,720 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Oton Župančič is the 3,741st most popular writer (down from 3,465th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 59th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Slovene Writer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.68

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  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Oton Župančič ranks 3,741 out of 7,302. Before him are Margit Kaffka, Og Mandino, Franco Sacchetti, Ernst Jandl, Jules Janin, and Théophile Thoré-Bürger. After him are Johannes Linnankoski, Henry Bataille, Laza Kostić, Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Gabriel Chevallier, and Tadeusz Konwicki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Oton Župančič ranks 140. Before him are Agner Krarup Erlang, Karl Hofer, Glenn Curtiss, Gyula Krúdy, Chen Qimei, and Raymond Smith Dugan. After him are Ernst Hoppenberg, Siamanto, William Orpen, Artur Kapp, Gaston Alibert, and Demetrios Petrokokkinos. Among people deceased in 1949, Oton Župančič ranks 113. Before him are Émile Eddé, Lou Tseng-Tsiang, Leonor Michaelis, Helen Churchill Candee, Maria Ouspenskaya, and James Somerville. After him are Paul Chocque, Edward Stettinius Jr., Sekiryo Kaneda, Uemura Shōen, Chairil Anwar, and Nora Gregor.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Oton Župančič ranks 71 out of 340. Before him are Slavko Avsenik (1929), Miroslav Cerar (1939), Louis Adamic (1898), Valentin Vodnik (1758), Ivo Daneu (1937), and Jurij Dalmatin (1547). After him are Srečko Kosovel (1904), Berta Ambrož (1944), Adam Bohorič (1520), Samir Handanović (1984), Ivan Grohar (1867), and Željko Ivanek (1957).

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Among WRITERS In Slovenia

Among writers born in Slovenia, Oton Župančič ranks 12. Before him are Drago Jančar (1948), Edvard Kocbek (1904), Constantin von Wurzbach (1818), Stanko Vraz (1810), Louis Adamic (1898), and Valentin Vodnik (1758). After him are Srečko Kosovel (1904), Adam Bohorič (1520), Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806), Fran Levstik (1831), Anton Aškerc (1856), and Zofka Kveder (1878).

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