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 108,193 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.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, René Wellek ranks 4,142 out of 7,302Before 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 209Before 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 185Before 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 1,424Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, René Wellek ranks 55Before 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).