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Petr Bezruč

1867 - 1958

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Petr Bezruč (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpɛtr̩ ˈbɛzrutʃ]) was the pseudonym of Vladimír Vašek ([ˈvlaɟɪmiːr ˈvaʃɛk]; 15 September 1867 – 17 February 1958), a Czech poet and short story writer who was associated with the region of Austrian Silesia. His most notable work is Silesian Songs, a collection of poems about the inhabitants of Silesia, written over many years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petr Bezruč has received more than 31,555 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Petr Bezruč is the 5,256th most popular writer (down from 4,788th in 2019), the 662nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 572nd in 2019) and the 75th most popular Czech Writer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Slezské písně
1903
Stužkonoska modrá
1937
Slezské pisně
1938
Slézské písnê
1918
Slezské písně
Czech poetry
1920

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Petr Bezruč ranks 5,256 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas Love Peacock, Candace Bushnell, Sara Paretsky, Jiang Rong, Jacques Laurent, and Jean Clair. After him are André Heller, Nalini Bala Devi, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Edward Carpenter, Roshanara Begum, and Julia Ward Howe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Petr Bezruč ranks 126. Before him are Harold Mahony, Frank Brangwyn, Frederick Keeping, Ludwig Thoma, Charles Dana Gibson, and Miguel Abadía Méndez. After him are Antonio Conte, Vikenty Veresaev, Simon Guggenheim, Grigore Antipa, Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason, and John Exley. Among people deceased in 1958, Petr Bezruč ranks 155. Before him are Oreste Puliti, José María Caro Rodríguez, Konstantin Yuon, H. B. Warner, Eino Kaila, and Georgy Ivanov. After him are Ásgrímur Jónsson, Harry Spanjer, Jalmari Eskola, Nezihe Muhiddin, Daniel Norling, and Olaf Gulbransson.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Petr Bezruč ranks 662 out of 1,200. Before him are Barbora Špotáková (1981), Jaroslav Čermák (1830), Roman Šebrle (1974), Karel Hartmann (1885), Miroslav Kadlec (1964), and Josef Jelínek (1941). After him are Miroslav Votava (1956), Jiří Feureisl (1931), Ivan Král (1948), Oldřich Machač (1946), František Ondříček (1857), and Břetislav Pojar (1923).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Petr Bezruč ranks 75. Before him are František Halas (1901), Hellmuth Karasek (1934), Adolf Born (1930), Karolina Světlá (1830), František Čelakovský (1799), and Emil František Burian (1904). After him are Jakub Arbes (1840), Otokar Březina (1868), Eduard Bass (1888), Jaroslav Kvapil (1868), Fredy Perlman (1934), and Franz Fühmann (1922).

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