WRITER

Simon Dach

1605 - 1659

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Simon Dach (29 July 1605 – 15 April 1659) was a German lyrical poet and hymnwriter, born in Memel, Duchy of Prussia (now Klaipėda in Lithuania). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Dach has received more than 75,322 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Simon Dach is the 2,255th most popular writer (up from 2,303rd in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 59th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Lithuanian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 75k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Werke
1977
Simon Dach, Seine Freunde und Johann Röling
Poetische Wercke
1696
Vber J. Elisabeth Reimerinnen seligen Abschied
1638
Sterb-Lied bey seligem Ableiben Fr. Annä gebohrnen von Weinbeer
1639
[Denckmal dem weyland durchleuchtigsten hochgebohrnen Fürsten und Herren, Hn. Georg Wilhelmen, Marggraffen zu Brandenburg ..
Poetry
1642

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Simon Dach ranks 2,255 out of 7,302. Before him are Harlan Coben, Pjetër Bogdani, Mukaghali Makatayev, Eric Knight, Francesc Eiximenis, and Georges Ohnet. After him are Johann Nestroy, Édouard Drumont, Ğabdulla Tuqay, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Alois Jirásek, and Inger Christensen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1605, Simon Dach ranks 15. Before him are Ayşe Sultan, Semyon Dezhnev, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, Thomas Browne, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier. After him are Zhu Yuyue, Brynjólfur Sveinsson, Ferenc Wesselényi, Ismaël Bullialdus, Antonio Bertali, and Joos van Craesbeeck. Among people deceased in 1659, Simon Dach ranks 6. Before him are Abel Tasman, Hyojong of Joseon, Kaya Sultan, Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia. After him are Michał Boym, Dara Shukoh, Willem Drost, Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt, Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and Jan Baptist Weenix.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Simon Dach ranks 58 out of 328. Before him are Jonas Basanavičius (1851), Uljana Semjonova (1952), Elazar Shach (1898), Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (1913), Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł (1547), and Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556). After him are Aharon Barak (1936), Antoni Radziwiłł (1775), Bruno Abakanowicz (1852), Audrys Bačkis (1937), Joseph Klausner (1874), and Antanas Merkys (1887).

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Among WRITERS In Lithuania

Among writers born in Lithuania, Simon Dach ranks 4. Before him are Czesław Miłosz (1911), Romain Gary (1914), and Jonas Mekas (1922). After him are Hermann Sudermann (1857), Tomas Venclova (1937), Branislaw Tarashkyevich (1892), Vydūnas (1868), Francišak Bahuševič (1840), Irena Veisaitė (1928), Osip Senkovsky (1800), and Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930).

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