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Sapardi Djoko Damono

1940 - 2020

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Sapardi Djoko Damono (20 March 1940 – 19 July 2020) was an Indonesian poet known for lyrical poems, and who was widely regarded as the pioneer of lyrical poetry in Indonesia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sapardi Djoko Damono has received more than 105,591 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sapardi Djoko Damono is the 5,192nd most popular writer, the 69th most popular biography from Indonesia and the 8th most popular Indonesian Writer.

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  • 110k

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  • 44.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sapardi Djoko Damono ranks 5,192 out of 5,755Before him are Scholastique Mukasonga, Michael Bishop, Elisabeth Eybers, Aleardo Aleardi, J. Michael Straczynski, and Elizabeth Hawley. After him are Benny Andersen, Marie NDiaye, Leyla Erbil, John Clare, Guy Gavriel Kay, and Snorri Hjartarson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Sapardi Djoko Damono ranks 430Before him are Roy Ayers, Jerzy Kulej, Steve Swallow, Taylor Wang, Walter Alvarez, and Marita Petersen. After him are Grigory Kriss, Ernő Solymosi, Barbara Boxer, Danilo Astori, Friedel Rausch, and Marcel Aubour. Among people deceased in 2020, Sapardi Djoko Damono ranks 504Before him are Günter de Bruyn, Robert Trump, Aleksandr Aksinin, Detto Mariano, Larry Kramer, and José Luis Cuerda. After him are Giovanni Battista Rabino, Flavio Bucci, Carlos Campos, Ardico Magnini, Nicolas Alfonsi, and Claude Barthélemy.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Sapardi Djoko Damono ranks 69 out of 126Before him are Lien Gisolf (1910), Chrisye (1949), Xaviera Hollander (1943), Mochtar Lubis (1922), Usmar Ismail (1921), and Dick Esser (1918). After him are Erick Thohir (1970), Adolf van der Voort van Zijp (1892), Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo (1950), Taco (1955), Iko Uwais (1983), and Sri Mulyani (1962).

Among WRITERS In Indonesia

Among writers born in Indonesia, Sapardi Djoko Damono ranks 8Before him are Hella Haasse (1918), Amir Hamzah (1911), Chairil Anwar (1922), Abdul Muis (1883), Xaviera Hollander (1943), and Mochtar Lubis (1922). After him are Ayu Utami (1968) and Eka Kurniawan (1975).