WRITER

Petras Cvirka

1909 - 1947

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Petras Cvirka (March 12, 1909 – May 2, 1947) was a Lithuanian writer of several novels, children's books, and short story collections. He wrote under a variety of pen names: A. Cvingelis, Cezaris Petrėnas, J. K. Pavilionis, K. Cvirka, Kanapeikus, Kazys Gerutis, Klangis, Klangis Petras, Klangių Petras, L. P. Cvirka, Laumakys, P. Cvinglis, P. Cvirka-Rymantas, P. Gelmė, P. Veliuoniškis, Petras Serapinas, and S. Laumakys. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petras Cvirka has received more than 32,893 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Petras Cvirka is the 5,458th most popular writer (down from 4,182nd in 2019), the 174th most popular biography from Lithuania and the 20th most popular Lithuanian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 33k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Raštai
1900
Nemuno šalies pasakos
Fairy tales, Folklore, Lithuanians
1979
Seeds of Fraternity
2015
Meisteris ir sūnūs
1976
Seeds of fraternity
1900
Saulėlydis Nykos valsčiuje
1967

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Petras Cvirka ranks 5,458 out of 7,302. Before him are Antonio Gamoneda, Jorge de Sena, Fedde Schurer, Richard Scarry, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Per Wästberg. After him are Algis Budrys, Théodore Aubanel, Uladzimir Nyaklyayew, John Marston, Eugenio Montejo, and Jakub Arbes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Petras Cvirka ranks 338. Before him are Koichi Kudo, Arthur Geoffrey Walker, Lazăr Sfera, Marjorie Clark, Edward Gardère, and Everett Sloane. After him are Sándor Schwartz, András Székely, Carla Laemmle, Dimitar Dimov, Solomon Linda, and Katherine Dunham. Among people deceased in 1947, Petras Cvirka ranks 183. Before him are Simon Janashia, Grantley Goulding, Charles Frédéric Petit, Julio C. Tello, Marie Belloc Lowndes, and Henry Kolker. After him are Vojtěch Bradáč, Annie S. D. Maunder, Reginald Innes Pocock, Tomás Berreta, Charles Gondouin, and Yngvar Bryn.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Petras Cvirka ranks 174 out of 328. Before him are Stasys Girėnas (1893), Vasily Kachalov (1875), Bronius Kutavičius (1932), Juozas Budraitis (1940), Arminas Narbekovas (1965), and Bronislovas Lubys (1938). After him are Zigmantas Balčytis (1953), Abram Room (1894), Aleksander Prystor (1874), Hans-Georg Reimann (1941), Šarūnas Bartas (1964), and Jonas Vileišis (1872).

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Among WRITERS In Lithuania

Among writers born in Lithuania, Petras Cvirka ranks 20. Before him are Žemaitė (1845), Jurgis Baltrušaitis (1873), Źmitrok Biadula (1886), Mordecai Kaplan (1881), Mikalojus Daukša (1527), and Georgy Ivanov (1894). After him are Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961), Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna (1892), Sigitas Geda (1943), and Arvydas Juozaitis (1956).

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