WRITER

Peter Pišťanek

1960 - 2015

Photo of Peter Pišťanek

Icon of person Peter Pišťanek

Peter Pišťanek (28 April 1960 – 22 March 2015) was a Slovak writer. He began publishing short stories in the 1980s, and his first novel, Rivers of Babylon, came out in 1991. This was adapted into a film of the same name in 1998 by Vladimir Balco. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Pišťanek has received more than 15,284 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Peter Pišťanek is the 6,468th most popular writer (down from 6,127th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 245th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Slovak Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Pišťanek ranks 6,468 out of 7,302. Before him are Oliver Friggieri, Alberto Angela, Hanan al-Shaykh, David Seidler, Carmen Posadas, and Ellen Glasgow. After him are John Suckling, Lionel Shriver, Peter Stamm, Stephen Chbosky, Forrest J Ackerman, and Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Peter Pišťanek ranks 539. Before him are Nahed Hattar, Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Guy Henry, Emir Mutapčić, Tomoyuki Kajino, and Carol Yager. After him are Takashi Sekizuka, Benjamín Galindo, Kim Thayil, Emma Samms, Seiko Noda, and Torben Grael. Among people deceased in 2015, Peter Pišťanek ranks 490. Before him are Edward Egan, Wendell Ford, Mikhail Burtsev, Wolfram Wuttke, Linda Haglund, and Miloslava Misáková. After him are Mel Daniels, Peter Westbury, Pavel Srníček, Holly Woodlawn, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, and John Trudell.

Others Born in 1960

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2015

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Peter Pišťanek ranks 261 out of 418. Before him are Lukas Ridgeston (1974), Ján Mucha (1982), Marek Mintál (1977), Martin Dúbravka (1989), Kyla Cole (1978), and Pavol Demitra (1974). After him are Jozef Sabovčík (1963), Vladimír Weiss (1989), Miroslav Karhan (1976), Kristína (1987), Peter Pekarík (1986), and Ján Svorada (1968).

Others born in Slovakia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Slovakia

Among writers born in Slovakia, Peter Pišťanek ranks 24. Before him are Vladimir Oravsky (1947), Béla Illés (1895), Margita Figuli (1909), Milan Rúfus (1928), Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová (1855), and Timrava (1867). After him are Radoslav Rochallyi (1980).

Slovak born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous