WRITER

Péter Esterházy

1950 - 2016

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Péter Esterházy (14 April 1950 – 14 July 2016) was a Hungarian writer. He was one of the best known Hungarian and Central European writers of his era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Péter Esterházy has received more than 148,404 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Péter Esterházy is the 1,970th most popular writer (up from 2,387th in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 248th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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  • 150k

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  • 56.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Péter Esterházy ranks 1,970 out of 7,302Before him are Robert Southey, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, László Krasznahorkai, Miloš Crnjanski, Fan Zhongyan, and Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. After him are Theodorus Gaza, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Gustave Kahn, Anastasius Sinaita, Fred Vargas, and Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Péter Esterházy ranks 118Before him are Nancy Allen, Frank Stallone, Loredana Bertè, Ernesto Samper, Neil Jordan, and Roberto Bettega. After him are Vagit Alekperov, Camarón de la Isla, Willy DeVille, Juan Gabriel, Steve Hackett, and Bernie Taupin. Among people deceased in 2016, Péter Esterházy ranks 125Before him are Thorbjörn Fälldin, Erich Rudorffer, Héctor Babenco, Alexandre Astruc, Nimr al-Nimr, and Jayalalithaa. After him are Andrew Grove, Goran Hadžić, Isao Tomita, Louis Pilot, Greg Lake, and Franco Citti.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Péter Esterházy ranks 222 out of 1,077Before him are Miklós Fehér (1979), Rezső Seress (1889), László Kövér (1959), László Szabó (1917), László Krasznahorkai (1954), and Miloš Crnjanski (1893). After him are Andrew Grove (1936), Mihály Lantos (1928), Imre Schlosser (1889), András Hegedüs (1922), László Budai (1928), and Alfréd Schaffer (1893).

Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Péter Esterházy ranks 24Before him are Péter Nádas (1942), Hannah Szenes (1921), Viktor Barna (1911), György Konrád (1933), László Krasznahorkai (1954), and Miloš Crnjanski (1893). After him are Rosika Schwimmer (1877), Anton Bernolák (1762), Frigyes Karinthy (1887), Janus Pannonius (1434), Emma Orczy (1865), and Géza Gárdonyi (1863).