WRITER

Vilis Lācis

1904 - 1966

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Vilis Lācis (born Jānis Vilhelms Lāce (Old orthography: Jahn Wilhelm Lahze) on 12 May 1904, died 6 February 1966) was a Latvian writer and communist politician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vilis Lācis has received more than 43,878 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Vilis Lācis is the 2,670th most popular writer (down from 2,197th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 46th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Latvian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 44k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Poselok u mori︠a︡
1961
Kopti raksti
1970
The fisherman's son
Fiction
1954
Cilvēki maskās
1984
Zvejnieka dēls
1952
Syn rybaka
1947

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vilis Lācis ranks 2,670 out of 7,302. Before him are Samson Raphael Hirsch, Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, Amalie Skram, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Lupus Servatus, and Holger Drachmann. After him are Maria Skobtsova, Commodian, Heimito von Doderer, Uhwudong, Mihály Vörösmarty, and Edith Pargeter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Vilis Lācis ranks 138. Before him are Edgar P. Jacobs, Attilio Ferraris, Lippo Hertzka, Antonin Magne, Cecil Beaton, and Chishū Ryū. After him are Luigi Bertolini, James J. Gibson, Frederick Ashton, Goffredo Petrassi, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, and Sergei Yutkevich. Among people deceased in 1966, Vilis Lācis ranks 94. Before him are Nikolay Cherkasov, Alfred P. Sloan, Arthur Percival, Boris Podolsky, Helen Kane, and Elio Vittorini. After him are Heimito von Doderer, John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Otto von Knobelsdorff, Alfred Neuland, Stanisław Mikołajczyk, and Guillermo Gorostiza.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Vilis Lācis ranks 64 out of 323. Before him are Jānis Pujats (1930), Pēteris Stučka (1865), Paul Walden (1863), Mstislav Keldysh (1911), Max Weinreich (1894), and Edgars Rinkēvičs (1973). After him are Maria Skobtsova (1891), Alfred Neuland (1895), Vasiliy Ulrikh (1889), Alberts Kviesis (1881), Anatole Abragam (1914), and Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Vilis Lācis ranks 7. Before him are Aron Nimzowitsch (1886), Rainis (1865), Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751), Barbara von Krüdener (1764), Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1876), and Aspazija (1865). After him are Maria Skobtsova (1891), Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801), Anšlavs Eglītis (1906), Yury Tynyanov (1894), Krišjānis Barons (1835), and Vizma Belševica (1931).

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