1903 - 1995
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 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). René Wellek is the 4,231st most popular writer (down from 3,521st in 2019), the 745th most popular biography from Austria (down from 650th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Austrian Writer.
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Among writers, René Wellek ranks 4,231 out of 5,755. Before him are Vincenzo Monti, Vladimir Gilyarovsky, Jean-Richard Bloch, Vera Panova, Oksana Zabuzhko, and Christiane Amanpour. After him are William Gibson, Tracy Chevalier, Lucrezia Marinella, Gabriello Chiabrera, Taslima Nasrin, and MacKenzie Scott.
1754 - 1828
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 4,225
1853 - 1935
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 4,226
1884 - 1947
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 4,227
1905 - 1973
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 4,228
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 4,229
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 4,230
1903 - 1995
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 4,231
1914 - 2008
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 4,232
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 4,233
1571 - 1653
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 4,234
1552 - 1638
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 4,235
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 4,236
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 4,237
Among people born in 1903, René Wellek ranks 212. Before him are Alan Paton, Mary Norton, Pierre Brossolette, Curly Howard, Guillermo Saavedra, and Germán Busch. After him are Jaipal Singh Munda, Jan de Klerk, Jean Cavaillès, Dean Jagger, Jean Tardieu, and O. E. Hasse. Among people deceased in 1995, René Wellek ranks 189. Before him are Severino Varela, Peter Grant, Francesco Camusso, Mary Wickes, István Bárány, and Agustín Gaínza. After him are Peter van de Kamp, Matti Pellonpää, Jean Tardieu, Rick Aviles, Carlo Ceresoli, and Genrikh Kasparyan.
1903 - 1988
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 206
1903 - 1992
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 207
1903 - 1944
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 208
1903 - 1952
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 209
1903 - 1957
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 210
1903 - 1939
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 211
1903 - 1995
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 212
1903 - 1970
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 213
1903 - 1979
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 214
1903 - 1944
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 215
1903 - 1991
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 216
1903 - 1995
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 217
1903 - 1978
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 218
1913 - 1995
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 183
1935 - 1995
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 184
1908 - 1995
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 185
1910 - 1995
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 186
1907 - 1995
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 187
1922 - 1995
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 188
1903 - 1995
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 189
1901 - 1995
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 190
1951 - 1995
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 191
1903 - 1995
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 192
1952 - 1995
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 193
1910 - 1995
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 194
1910 - 1995
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 195
Among people born in Austria, René Wellek ranks 745 out of 1,237. Before him are Albert Ehrenstein (1886), Rudolf Krčil (1906), Wilhelm Hahnemann (1914), Peter Stöger (1966), Max Merkel (1918), and Karl Sesta (1906). After him are Christian Schwarz-Schilling (1930), Franz Steindachner (1834), Herma Bauma (1915), Fritz Wotruba (1907), Ursula Ledóchowska (1865), and Alexander Wurz (1974).
1886 - 1950
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 739
1906 - 1981
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 740
1914 - 1991
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 741
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 742
1918 - 2006
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 743
1906 - 1974
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 744
1903 - 1995
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 745
1930 - Present
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 746
1834 - 1919
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 747
1915 - 2003
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 748
1907 - 1975
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 749
1865 - 1939
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 750
1974 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 751
Among writers born in Austria, René Wellek ranks 56. Before him are Lajos Bíró (1880), Ludwig Anzengruber (1839), Michael Denis (1729), Berta Zuckerkandl (1864), Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897), and Albert Ehrenstein (1886). After him are H. C. Artmann (1921), Rosa Mayreder (1858), Robert Menasse (1954), André Heller (1947), Eva Ibbotson (1925), and Thomas Brezina (1963).
1880 - 1948
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 50
1839 - 1889
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 51
1729 - 1800
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 52
1864 - 1945
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 53
1897 - 1976
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 54
1886 - 1950
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 55
1903 - 1995
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 56
1921 - 2000
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 57
1858 - 1938
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 58
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 59
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.35
Rank: 60
1925 - 2010
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 61
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 62