WRITER

René Wellek

1903 - 1995

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René Wellek (August 22, 1903 – November 10, 1995) was a Czech-American comparative literary critic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Wellek has received more than 99,959 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). René Wellek is the 4,142nd most popular writer (up from 4,218th in 2019), the 773rd most popular biography from Austria (down from 740th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Austrian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

A history of modern criticism: 1750-1950
Criticism, History, History and criticism
1955
A History of Modern Criticism, 1750-1950
Criticism, History, Criticism, united states
1965
Theory of literature
Aesthetics, Criticism, History and criticism
1949
Confrontations
Philosophy, modern, 19th century, Comparative literature, english and german, Modern Philosophy
1967
A history of modern criticism
Criticism, History, Criticism, history
1955
Theory of literature
Aesthetics, Criticism, Literature
1949

Page views of René Welleks by language

Over the past year René Wellek has had the most page views in the with 11,672 views, followed by Spanish (1,892), and Russian (1,631). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Azerbaijani (65.16%), Egyptian Arabic (41.36%), and Indonesian (35.04%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, René Wellek ranks 4,142 out of 7,302. Before him are Kathy Acker, Klaus Rifbjerg, Aleksey Koltsov, Mirza Khazar, Detlev von Liliencron, and Peter Dickinson. After him are Johann von Rist, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Pierre Michon, Davit Guramishvili, Susanna Hall, and Pavao Ritter Vitezović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, René Wellek ranks 209. Before him are Nils Ramm, Nancy Carroll, Wage Rudolf Supratman, Graham Sutherland, Leo Huberman, and Ronald Syme. After him are Lev Dovator, Pierre Veyron, Rudolf Wolters, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Camilla Horn, and Peppino De Filippo. Among people deceased in 1995, René Wellek ranks 185. Before him are Agustín Gaínza, Julián Berrendero, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Karel Píč, Carlo Ceresoli, and Harry Guardino. After him are Jack Clayton, Francesco Camusso, Shura Cherkassky, J. William Fulbright, Karl Gruber, and Ted Drake.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, René Wellek ranks 773 out of 1,424. Before him are Maria Lassnig (1919), Hans Moravec (1948), Berta Zuckerkandl (1864), Monica Bleibtreu (1944), Siegmund von Hausegger (1872), and Hilda Geiringer (1893). After him are Friedrich Hasenöhrl (1874), Ursula Ledóchowska (1865), Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma (1909), Štefan Banič (1870), Daniel Gran (1694), and Bruno de Finetti (1906).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, René Wellek ranks 55. Before him are Friederike Mayröcker (1924), Ceija Stojka (1933), Ludwig Anzengruber (1839), Lajos Bíró (1880), Michael Denis (1729), and Berta Zuckerkandl (1864). After him are Albert Ehrenstein (1886), Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897), Annemarie Selinko (1914), Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866), Herbert W. Franke (1927), and Géza Csáth (1887).

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