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WRITER

Yordan Radichkov

1929 - 2004

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Yordan Dimitrov Radichkov (Bulgarian: Йордан Радичков; 24 October 1929 – 21 January 2004) was a Bulgarian writer and playwright. Literary critics Adelina Angusheva and Galin Tihanov called him "arguably the most significant voice of Bulgarian literature in the last third of the 20th century". Some literary critics have referred to him as the Bulgarian Kafka or Gogol. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yordan Radichkov has received more than 34,185 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Yordan Radichkov is the 5,038th most popular writer (down from 4,675th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 184th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Bulgarian Writer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.79

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  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yordan Radichkov ranks 5,038 out of 5,755Before him are Milena Rudnytska, Gabriel Miró, Eugenio Montejo, Carlo Porta, Graham Swift, and Paula Yates. After him are Michael Herr, Ralph Giordano, Cornelia Sorabji, Miron Białoszewski, Vladimir Bogomolov, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Yordan Radichkov ranks 385Before him are Richard Rush, Sergio Mantovani, Yuri Artsutanov, Keijo Liinamaa, Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, and James McDivitt. After him are Mario Ghella, Win Tin, Audun Boysen, Villy Sørensen, Pentti Hämäläinen, and Dick Button. Among people deceased in 2004, Yordan Radichkov ranks 225Before him are Gloria E. Anzaldúa, José Luis Cuciuffo, Gunder Hägg, Mikhail Voronin, Anna Lee, and Guinn Smith. After him are Mochtar Lubis, Zurab Sakandelidze, Marvin Heemeyer, Heinrich Mark, Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, and George Baird.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Yordan Radichkov ranks 205 out of 372Before him are Lyuben Berov (1925), Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov (1951), Kolyu Ficheto (1800), Racho Petrov (1861), Georgi Naydenov (1931), and Ivan Vutsov (1939). After him are Volen Siderov (1956), Plamen Oresharski (1960), Borislav Mikhailov (1963), Georgi Slavkov (1958), Kliment of Tarnovo (1841), and Dimitar Dobrev (1931).

Among WRITERS In Bulgaria

Among writers born in Bulgaria, Yordan Radichkov ranks 28Before him are Geo Milev (1895), Stanislav Stratiev (1941), Yordan Yovkov (1880), Dora Gabe (1888), Kostas Varnalis (1884), and Dimitar Dimov (1909). After him are Anton Donchev (1930), Georgi Gospodinov (1968), and Ilija Trojanow (1965).