WRITER

Yordan Yovkov

1880 - 1937

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Yordan Stefanov Yovkov (Bulgarian: Йордан Стефанов Йовков) (November 9, 1880 – October 15, 1937) was a prominent Bulgarian writer from the interwar period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yordan Yovkov has received more than 41,284 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Yordan Yovkov is the 4,882nd most popular writer (down from 4,567th in 2019), the 198th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 185th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Bulgarian Writer.

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  • 54.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yordan Yovkov ranks 4,882 out of 7,302. Before him are Eduard Bagritsky, Klaus Groth, Tabitha King, Nikolai Klyuev, E. Marlitt, and Valentin Conrart. After him are Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, Ivan Kavaleridze, Zainab Biisheva, Tankred Dorst, George Washington Williams, and Imants Ziedonis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Yordan Yovkov ranks 169. Before him are Philibert Jacques Melotte, Joe May, George Van Biesbroeck, Walter Brack, Nils Widforss, and Harold Rainsford Stark. After him are Dezső Földes, Una O'Connor, George Preca, Johan Jarlén, Josef Gočár, and Ramón Pérez de Ayala. Among people deceased in 1937, Yordan Yovkov ranks 146. Before him are Mykola Zerov, Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk, Axel Bakunts, Juan Campisteguy, Madison Grant, and Nikolai Klyuev. After him are Wilhelm Weinberg, F. C. S. Schiller, Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj, Juan Artola, Nygmet Nurmakov, and Marguerite Audoux.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Yordan Yovkov ranks 198 out of 415. Before him are Dinko Dermendzhiev (1941), Ivan Kolev (1930), Aleksandar Shalamanov (1941), Dragan Tsankov (1828), Teodor Teodorov (1859), and Dora Gabe (1888). After him are Dimitar Dobrev (1931), Mariya Petkova (1950), Nadya Nozharova (1916), Charles Champaud (1865), Kostas Varnalis (1884), and Konstantin Stoilov (1853).

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Among WRITERS In Bulgaria

Among writers born in Bulgaria, Yordan Yovkov ranks 26. Before him are Petko Slaveykov (1827), Peyo Yavorov (1878), Aleko Konstantinov (1863), Lyuben Karavelov (1834), Pencho Slaveykov (1866), and Dora Gabe (1888). After him are Kostas Varnalis (1884), Stanislav Stratiev (1941), Anton Donchev (1930), Dimitar Dimov (1909), Yordan Radichkov (1929), and Georgi Gospodinov (1968).

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