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Paul van Ostaijen

1896 - 1928

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Paul van Ostaijen (22 February 1896 – 18 March 1928) was a Belgian Dutch-language poet and writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul van Ostaijen has received more than 48,809 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul van Ostaijen is the 4,807th most popular writer (down from 4,221st in 2019), the 593rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 526th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Belgian Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

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  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 4,807 out of 5,755Before him are Raghunath Murmu, Walter M. Miller Jr., William Harrison Ainsworth, Petr Bezruč, Jan de Hartog, and Muthuswami Dikshitar. After him are Jacob van Maerlant, Louise Penny, José Mármol, Charles Williams, Archibald MacLeish, and Mari Jungstedt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 197Before him are Sirarpie Der Nersessian, Lotte Jacobi, Kim Myeong-sun, Alexander Brailowsky, Uberto De Morpurgo, and Eric Backman. After him are Gunnar Lindström, Jack Pickford, Hermann Jónasson, Blanche Sweet, Sao Shwe Thaik, and José Vidal. Among people deceased in 1928, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 89Before him are Martin Kukučín, Theodor Curtius, Kostas Karyotakis, Stefanos Skouloudis, José Eustasio Rivera, and Jane Ellen Harrison. After him are Maria Yermolova, Georges Passerieu, Theodore Roberts, Roman Steinberg, Bill Haywood, and Klabund.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 593 out of 1,019Before him are Arthur Legat (1898), Joseph Pholien (1884), Jean Vallée (1941), Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930), Jules Renkin (1862), and Aimé Haegeman (1861). After him are Jacob van Maerlant (1235), André Vandewyer (1909), Lei Clijsters (1956), Fernand de Montigny (1885), Paul Van Asbroeck (1874), and Henri De Deken (1907).

Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 38Before him are Suzanne Lilar (1901), Willem Elsschot (1882), Stijn Streuvels (1871), Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), Jan van Beers (1821), and Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930). After him are Jacob van Maerlant (1235), François Weyergans (1941), Princess Delphine of Belgium (1968), Karel van de Woestijne (1878), Jan Frans Willems (1793), and Herman Teirlinck (1879).