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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 139,274 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Péter Esterházy is the 2,394th most popular writer (up from 2,454th in 2019), the 248th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 250th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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  • 140k

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  • 53.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Péter Esterházy ranks 2,394 out of 5,755Before him are Ğabdulla Tuqay, Guido Guinizelli, Jean Starobinski, Parthenius of Nicaea, Kyōka Izumi, and Siri Hustvedt. After him are Keigo Higashino, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Mihail Sadoveanu, Menasseh Ben Israel, T. H. White, and Alfonso Sastre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Péter Esterházy ranks 129Before him are Randy Quaid, Yumi Umeoka, John Hughes, James Rothman, Susana Higuchi, and Bruce Boxleitner. After him are Bah Ndaw, Richard Chase, Willy DeVille, Joyce Banda, Yuen Wah, and Roberto Bettega. Among people deceased in 2016, Péter Esterházy ranks 152Before him are Jacques Hamel, Paul Elvstrøm, Silvana Pampanini, Piet de Jong, Chus Lampreave, and Trifon Ivanov. After him are Rudi Altig, Götz George, Arnold Palmer, Nimr al-Nimr, Abe Vigoda, and Gregorio Conrado Álvarez.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Péter Esterházy ranks 248 out of 866Before him are Miklós Németh (1948), Frigyes Karinthy (1887), Alfréd Schaffer (1893), Nikola Jurišić (1490), Dora Pejačević (1885), and Carl Flesch (1873). After him are Béni Kállay (1839), Maximilian de Angelis (1889), Károly Grósz (1930), Ben Ferencz (1920), George Friedman (1949), and John G. Kemeny (1926).

Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Péter Esterházy ranks 24Before him are Viktor Barna (1911), György Konrád (1933), Miloš Crnjanski (1893), Janus Pannonius (1434), Kató Lomb (1909), and Frigyes Karinthy (1887). After him are Miklós Radnóti (1909), Béla Király (1912), Anton Bernolák (1762), George Tabori (1914), László Krasznahorkai (1954), and Rosika Schwimmer (1877).