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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 56,717 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Sándor Weöres is the 4,025th most popular writer (down from 3,826th in 2019), the 419th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 377th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Hungarian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sándor Weöres ranks 4,025 out of 5,755Before him are Brian O'Nolan, Franz von Schober, Jefimija, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Berta Zuckerkandl, and Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht. After him are Pierre Mac Orlan, Ivanka Trump, Larysa Hienijuš, Anna Langfus, Mia Couto, and Camille Lemonnier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Sándor Weöres ranks 199Before him are Aisha Abd al-Rahman, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Willy Vandersteen, René Llense, Jacqueline de Romilly, and Friedrich Dickel. After him are Jiří Hájek, Gina Bachauer, Cordwainer Smith, Robert Jungk, Kazimierz Sabbat, and Igor Bondarevsky. Among people deceased in 1989, Sándor Weöres ranks 166Before him are Halina Konopacka, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Gilles Andriamahazo, Nikolai Grinko, René Petit, and Nils Axelsson. After him are Clyde Geronimi, Mary McCarthy, Hilmar Baunsgaard, Alvin Ailey, Kazimierz Sabbat, and Richard Quine.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Sándor Weöres ranks 419 out of 866Before him are Jenő Vincze (1908), Sándor Bíró (1911), András Balczó (1938), Ferenc Sas (1915), Endre Szemerédi (1940), and Peter Carl Goldmark (1906). After him are László Lékai (1910), Tibor Szamuely (1890), Zoltán Horváth (1937), Sándor Wekerle (1848), Géza von Bolváry (1897), and Kati Kovács (1944).

Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Sándor Weöres ranks 43Before him are Tibor Déry (1894), Milán Füst (1888), Ferenc Kölcsey (1790), István Örkény (1912), Zsigmond Móricz (1879), and Gyula Krúdy (1878). After him are Jenő Rejtő (1905), István Fekete (1900), János Pilinszky (1921), Ferenc Karinthy (1921), Mihály Csokonai (1773), and Gyula Illyés (1902).