WRITER

Svetlana Velmar-Janković

1933 - 2014

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Svetlana Velmar-Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Светлана Велмар-Јанковић, Serbian pronunciation: [sʋɛ̌tlana ʋɛ̂lmaːr jaːnkɔʋitɕ], 1 February 1933 – 9 April 2014) was a Serbian novelist, essayist, chronicler of Belgrade, and first female laureate of the Isidora Sekulić Award. She was considered to be one of the most important Serbian female authors of her time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Svetlana Velmar-Janković has received more than 31,118 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Svetlana Velmar-Janković is the 5,231st most popular writer (down from 4,555th in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 228th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Serbian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 31k

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  • 46.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Bezdno
Diaries, Kings and rulers, History
1995
Književnost između dva rata
Serbian literature
1965
Glasovi
1998
Žezlo
Drama, Serbian drama
2001
Dorćol, imena ulica
History, Streets
1981
Dorćol
History, Streets
1986

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Svetlana Velmar-Janković ranks 5,231 out of 7,302. Before her are Georgy Ivanov, Ingrid Noll, Günter de Bruyn, Ajdar Ismailov, Fran Lebowitz, and Daša Drndić. After her are Franz Xaver Kroetz, Henriette Roland Holst, Ælfric of Eynsham, George Călinescu, Alexander Ablesimov, and Leo Buscaglia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Svetlana Velmar-Janković ranks 384. Before her are Peter Härtling, Alberto Natusch, Maigonis Valdmanis, Feridun Buğeker, Keiko Awaji, and Pedro Cubilla. After her are Barbara Feldon, George J. Mitchell, Dumitru Pârvulescu, Levente Lengyel, Ford Konno, and Ratnasiri Wickremanayake. Among people deceased in 2014, Svetlana Velmar-Janković ranks 362. Before her are Mel Patton, Rosemary Murphy, Keiko Awaji, Ralph Giordano, Edmund Szoka, and Georgi Slavkov. After her are Win Tin, Levente Lengyel, Bobby Keys, Nina Andrycz, Rokurō Naya, and Georges Lamia.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Svetlana Velmar-Janković ranks 278 out of 661. Before her are Vojislav Melić (1940), Lajos Szűcs (1943), Sanja Ilić (1951), Zoltán Berczik (1937), Slaviša Jokanović (1968), and Milorad Arsenijević (1906). After her are Milinko Pantić (1966), Andrija Fuderer (1931), Milorad Mažić (1973), Jovan Miladinović (1939), Saša Obradović (1969), and Branko Milanović (1953).

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Among WRITERS In Serbia

Among writers born in Serbia, Svetlana Velmar-Janković ranks 23. Before her are Laza Kostić (1841), Stevan Sremac (1855), Dušan Kovačević (1948), Milovan Glišić (1847), Jovan Rajić (1726), and Charles Simic (1938). After her are Mira Alečković (1924), Dejan Ajdačić (1959), Zoran Stefanović (1969), Prvoslav Vujcic (1960), and Téa Obreht (1985).

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