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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 30,146 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Petr Bezruč is the 4,804th most popular writer (down from 4,425th in 2019), the 572nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 505th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Czech Writer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Petr Bezruč ranks 4,804 out of 5,755Before him are Miguel Otero Silva, Tom Robbins, Thea Beckman, Raghunath Murmu, Walter M. Miller Jr., and William Harrison Ainsworth. After him are Jan de Hartog, Muthuswami Dikshitar, Paul van Ostaijen, Jacob van Maerlant, Louise Penny, and José Mármol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Petr Bezruč ranks 111Before him are Richard Schorr, Manuel Portela Valladares, Ludwig Thoma, Charles Fabry, Domenico Mezzadri, and Vikenty Veresaev. After him are Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Antonio Conte, Miguel Abadía Méndez, Frederick Keeping, Harold Mahony, and Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason. Among people deceased in 1958, Petr Bezruč ranks 138Before him are Oscar Torp, Nezihe Muhiddin, Ruth Smith, Peter Whitehead, Jean Debucourt, and Douglas Hartree. After him are Gustaf Söderström, David Pegg, José María Caro Rodríguez, Henri Béraud, Paul Pilgrim, and Georgy Ivanov.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Petr Bezruč ranks 572 out of 973Before him are Friedrich Gustav Piffl (1864), Rudolf Friml (1879), Patrik Schick (1996), Olga Fikotová (1932), Josef Silný (1902), and Oskar Fischer (1923). After him are Anton Heinrich Springer (1825), František Langer (1888), Karel Koželuh (1895), Adolf Born (1930), Bohuslav Sobotka (1971), and František Ondříček (1857).

Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Petr Bezruč ranks 67Before him are Eliška Krásnohorská (1847), Karolina Světlá (1830), Svatopluk Čech (1846), František Čelakovský (1799), Ladislav Fuks (1923), and Emil František Burian (1904). After him are František Langer (1888), Adolf Born (1930), František Halas (1901), Hellmuth Karasek (1934), Jakub Arbes (1840), and Otokar Březina (1868).