WRITER

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 52,754 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Paul van Ostaijen is the 5,002nd most popular writer (down from 4,791st in 2019), the 643rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 592nd in 2019) and the 37th most popular Belgian Writer.

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  • 53k

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  • 54.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 5,002 out of 7,302. Before him are Alki Zei, Vladimir Oravsky, José Bergamín, Peter Englund, Henjō, and Evgeny Vladimirovich Chetvergov. After him are Margery Kempe, Paul Mattick, Dany Laferrière, Joseba Sarrionandia, Gabriel Aresti, and Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 202. Before him are Ivan Merz, Hermann Jónasson, Ruben Lagus, Eric Backman, Esteban Canal, and Gunnar Lindström. After him are Agustín Sancho, Lotte Jacobi, Jack Pickford, Walter Breuning, Alberto Vargas, and Alexander Brailowsky. Among people deceased in 1928, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 94. Before him are Eilif Peterssen, Leon Benois, Kurt Behrens, Martin Kukučín, Gunnar Knudsen, and Klabund. After him are José Eustasio Rivera, Gunnar Setterwall, Andrew Fisher, Theodore Roberts, Georges Passerieu, and Jean Collas.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 643 out of 1,190. Before him are Jean Thissen (1946), Julien Cools (1947), Thorgan Hazard (1993), Victor Leemans (1901), Georges Theunis (1873), and Prosper Bruggeman (1873). After him are Charles Delporte (1893), Laurent Grimmonprez (1902), Nelly Landry (1916), Pierre Braine (1900), Frans De Mulder (1937), and Frank De Bleeckere (1966).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Paul van Ostaijen ranks 37. Before him are Louis Paul Boon (1912), Félicien Marceau (1913), Willem Elsschot (1882), FM-2030 (1930), Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930), and Suzanne Lilar (1901). After him are Stijn Streuvels (1871), François Weyergans (1941), Maurice Carême (1899), Jacob van Maerlant (1235), Jan Frans Willems (1793), and Jan van Beers (1821).

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