WRITER

Viktor Dyk

1877 - 1931

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Viktor Dyk (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvɪktor ˈdɪk]; 31 December 1877 – 14 May 1931) was a nationalist Czech poet, prose writer, playwright, politician and political writer. He was sent to jail during the First World War for opposing the Austro-Hungarian empire. He was one of the signatories of the Manifesto of Czech writers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Dyk has received more than 52,615 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Viktor Dyk is the 3,185th most popular writer (down from 3,028th in 2019), the 404th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 370th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Czech Writer.

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  • 58.93

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  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Viktor Dyk ranks 3,185 out of 7,302. Before him are Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, Elia Abu Madi, Karel Kryl, Leone Ginzburg, Lasus of Hermione, and Robert de Nola. After him are Ozaki Kōyō, Butrus al-Bustani, Vladislav Vančura, Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Ildefonso Falcones, and Naoya Shiga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Viktor Dyk ranks 91. Before him are Titta Ruffo, Charles Coburn, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia, Charilaos Vasilakos, and Isidora Sekulić. After him are Mohammad Ali Foroughi, Georg Kolbe, Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Wehib Pasha, and Hélène Dutrieu. Among people deceased in 1931, Viktor Dyk ranks 76. Before him are Lya De Putti, Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, Bix Beiderbecke, Dionysios Kasdaglis, Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, and Alwin Berger. After him are Tommaso Tittoni, Arnold Bennett, Louis Billot, Harald Høffding, Mammad Hasan Hajinski, and Sukhdev Thapar.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Viktor Dyk ranks 404 out of 1,200. Before him are Emmy Destinn (1878), Ota Šik (1919), John of Görlitz (1370), Gerhard Mitter (1935), Zdeněk Fierlinger (1891), and Karel Kryl (1944). After him are Vladislav Vančura (1891), Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe (1864), Jiří Dienstbier (1937), Simon Sechter (1788), Lubor Niederle (1865), and Eugen Sänger (1905).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Viktor Dyk ranks 42. Before him are Josef Škvorecký (1924), Petr Chelčický (1390), Fritz Mauthner (1849), Tom Stoppard (1937), Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821), and Karel Kryl (1944). After him are Vladislav Vančura (1891), Jiří Dienstbier (1937), Jiří Wolker (1900), Arnošt Lustig (1926), Moritz Steinschneider (1816), and Václav Hanka (1791).

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