WRITER

Vizma Belševica

1931 - 2005

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Vizma Belševica (May 30, 1931 – August 6, 2005) was a Latvian poet, writer, and translator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vizma Belševica has received more than 41,086 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Vizma Belševica is the 3,610th most popular writer (down from 2,668th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 67th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Latvian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 41k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Nelaime mājās
1979
Zem Zilas Debesu Blodas
1987
Kamola tinēja
1981
Celreiz Cels Uz Pasacinu
1985
Dzeltu laiks
1987
Bille
1992
Nelaime mājās
1979
Bille
1992
Par saknēm būt
1996
Lauztā sirds uz goda dēl̦a
1997
Raksti
1999
Stikhi o solov'inom infarkte
1969
Bille
1992
Raksti
1999
Lauztā sirds uz goda dēl̦a
1997
Nelaime mājās
1979
Stikhi o solov'inom infarkte
1969
Par saknēm būt
1996

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vizma Belševica ranks 3,610 out of 7,302. Before her are Gysbert Japiks, Marcel Prévost, Konstantin Fedin, Luciano De Crescenzo, Marc Levy, and Musine Kokalari. After her are Theodore Bibliander, Sturla Þórðarson, Günter Eich, Marcin Kromer, Ranieri de' Calzabigi, and Jan Brzechwa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Vizma Belševica ranks 268. Before her are Donald Barthelme, Stelios Kazantzidis, Gene Wolfe, Paavo Haavikko, Alex Soler-Roig, and José Alencar. After her are Mikael Tariverdiev, Nicole Courcel, Ram Dass, John Zizioulas, Hans Alfredson, and Shammi Kapoor. Among people deceased in 2005, Vizma Belševica ranks 162. Before her are Tetyana Yablonska, Shirley Horn, Pál Losonczi, Link Wray, Françoise d'Eaubonne, and Juan José Saer. After her are Jesús Rafael Soto, John Spencer, Mustai Karim, Erik Balling, Johnny Haynes, and Frank Gorshin.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Vizma Belševica ranks 98 out of 323. Before her are Otto August Rosenberger (1800), Karl Davydov (1838), Ernst von Bergmann (1836), Krišjānis Barons (1835), Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz (1824), and Laima Vaikule (1954). After her are Vilhelms Purvītis (1872), Vija Artmane (1929), Arvīds Jansons (1914), Anatoly Solovyev (1948), Alexander von Keyserling (1815), and Morris Halle (1923).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Vizma Belševica ranks 13. Before her are Vilis Lācis (1904), Maria Skobtsova (1891), Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801), Anšlavs Eglītis (1906), Yury Tynyanov (1894), and Krišjānis Barons (1835). After her are Zenta Mauriņa (1897), Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863), Garlieb Merkel (1769), Erik Hornung (1933), Aleksandrs Čaks (1901), and Werner Bergengruen (1892).

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