WRITER

Sándor Weöres

1913 - 1989

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Sándor Weöres (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈʃaːndor ˈvørøʃ]; 22 June 1913 – 22 January 1989) was a Hungarian poet and author. Born in Szombathely, Weöres was brought up in the nearby village of Csönge. His first poems were published when he was fourteen, in the influential journal Nyugat ("West"), through the acceptance of its editor, the poet Mihály Babits. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sándor Weöres has received more than 61,744 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Sándor Weöres is the 4,101st most popular writer (down from 4,012th in 2019), the 443rd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 419th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sándor Weöres ranks 4,101 out of 7,302. Before him are Petrus Borel, Jean de Brunhoff, Sergei Mavrodi, Izzat Ghazzawi, Aleko Konstantinov, and Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber. After him are Yevgeny Petrov, Johann Fischart, Alexander of Abonoteichus, Ahmed Rami, Emanuel Geibel, and Berta Zuckerkandl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Sándor Weöres ranks 205. Before him are Rudolf Noack, Vicente Calderón, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Iosif Grigulevich, Gangubai Hangal, and Lilian Jackson Braun. After him are René Llense, Ad Reinhardt, Yakov Zak, Eugene Lazowski, Richard Helms, and Christiane Desroches Noblecourt. Among people deceased in 1989, Sándor Weöres ranks 179. Before him are Colin Clark, Carl Dahlhaus, Christine Jorgensen, Maurice Evans, René Petit, and Yasushi Akutagawa. After him are Ronald Syme, John J. McCloy, Mark Krein, Harald Edelstam, Richard Quine, and Edmund Leach.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Sándor Weöres ranks 443 out of 1,077. Before him are Ádám Fischer (1949), Tibor Nyilasi (1955), Dezső Gyarmati (1927), János Garay (1889), Joseph Böhm (1795), and Flóra Kádár (1928). After him are László Sárosi (1932), Viktor Kassai (1975), Lajos Détári (1963), Antal Nagy (1944), Kató Lomb (1909), and László Paskai (1927).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Sándor Weöres ranks 49. Before him are Tibor Déry (1894), Gyula Krúdy (1878), Milán Füst (1888), Ferenc Fejtő (1909), Yuriy Venelin (1802), and Edith Bruck (1931). After him are Kató Lomb (1909), Gyula Illyés (1902), Mihály Csokonai (1773), Jenő Rejtő (1905), Ferenc Karinthy (1921), and József Katona (1791).

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