WRITER

Tomaž Šalamun

1941 - 2014

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Tomaž Šalamun (July 4, 1941 – December 27, 2014) was a Slovenian poet who was a leading figure of postwar neo-avant-garde poetry in Central Europe and an internationally acclaimed absurdist. His books of Slovene poetry have been translated into twenty-one languages, with nine of his thirty-nine books of poetry published in English. His work has been called a poetic bridge between old European roots and America. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomaž Šalamun has received more than 63,185 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Tomaž Šalamun is the 2,919th most popular writer (up from 3,467th in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 172nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Croatian Writer.

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  • 7.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tomaž Šalamun ranks 2,919 out of 7,302. Before him are Dodie Smith, Jorge Guillén, Armand Salacrou, Jean-François Revel, Tony Robbins, and Jack Higgins. After him are Albert of Aix, Acusilaus, Anatoly Rybakov, Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Glen Cook, and David Gemmell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Tomaž Šalamun ranks 225. Before him are Miriam Margolyes, Helen Reddy, Mario Corso, Vlado Milunić, Chucho Valdés, and Alfred Aho. After him are Angelo Domenghini, Rintaro, Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza, Robert Foxworth, Pola Raksa, and Dennis Sullivan. Among people deceased in 2014, Tomaž Šalamun ranks 154. Before him are Tadeusz Różewicz, Kumba Ialá, Manuel Uribe, James Rebhorn, Vasiľ Biľak, and Horace Silver. After him are Magda Olivero, Peret, Jorge María Mejía, Juan Gelman, Anatoly Berezovoy, and Abdelmajid Lakhal.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Tomaž Šalamun ranks 170 out of 700. Before him are Mile Mrkšić (1947), Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873), Georg von Trapp (1880), Branko Radičević (1824), Archduke Leo Karl of Austria (1893), and Vlado Milunić (1941). After him are Ivica Horvat (1926), Franjo Kuharić (1919), Sergio Endrigo (1933), Branko Mamula (1921), Željko Čajkovski (1925), and August Šenoa (1838).

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Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Tomaž Šalamun ranks 19. Before him are Petar Preradović (1818), Frano Selak (1929), Ivan Mažuranić (1814), Petar Hektorović (1487), Marija Jurić Zagorka (1873), and Branko Radičević (1824). After him are August Šenoa (1838), Antun Vrančić (1504), Andrija Kačić Miošić (1704), Ivo Vojnović (1857), Franco Sacchetti (1332), and Antun Mihanović (1796).

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