WRITER

Vladislav Vančura

1891 - 1942

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Vladislav Vančura (Czech: [ˈvlaɟɪslaf ˈvantʃura]; 23 June 1891 – 1 June 1942) was a Czech writer. He was also active as a film director, playwright and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladislav Vančura has received more than 65,463 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Vladislav Vančura is the 3,187th most popular writer (up from 3,270th in 2019), the 405th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 403rd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Czech Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 65k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Marketa Lazarová
1946
Pekař Jan Marhoul
1929
Konec starých časů
1934
Rodina Horvatova
1954
Obrazy z dějin národa českého
History, Fiction
1946
Luk královny Dorotky
1932

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vladislav Vančura ranks 3,187 out of 7,302. Before him are Leone Ginzburg, Lasus of Hermione, Robert de Nola, Viktor Dyk, Ozaki Kōyō, and Butrus al-Bustani. After him are Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Ildefonso Falcones, Naoya Shiga, Stefanie Zweig, Sigurd Hoel, and Tiziano Terzani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Vladislav Vančura ranks 131. Before him are John W. McCormack, Pedro Salinas, Damaskinos of Athens, Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, José Enrique Varela, and Zdeněk Fierlinger. After him are Vladimir Albitsky, Julio Baghy, Pavlo Tychyna, Julius Leber, Greta Schröder, and Mischa Elman. Among people deceased in 1942, Vladislav Vančura ranks 121. Before him are Vladimir Burtsev, Olena Teliha, Carola Neher, Símun av Skarði, Gorazd, and Yakov Perelman. After him are Guglielmo Ferrero, Mohammad Ali Foroughi, Sébastien Faure, Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, George Andrew Reisner, and Albert Kahn.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Vladislav Vančura ranks 405 out of 1,200. Before him are Ota Šik (1919), John of Görlitz (1370), Gerhard Mitter (1935), Zdeněk Fierlinger (1891), Karel Kryl (1944), and Viktor Dyk (1877). After him are Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe (1864), Jiří Dienstbier (1937), Simon Sechter (1788), Lubor Niederle (1865), Eugen Sänger (1905), and Oldřich Černík (1921).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Vladislav Vančura ranks 43. Before him are Petr Chelčický (1390), Fritz Mauthner (1849), Tom Stoppard (1937), Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821), Karel Kryl (1944), and Viktor Dyk (1877). After him are Jiří Dienstbier (1937), Jiří Wolker (1900), Arnošt Lustig (1926), Moritz Steinschneider (1816), Václav Hanka (1791), and Ernst Weiss (1882).

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