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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 37,833 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Yordan Yovkov is the 4,582nd most popular writer (down from 4,098th in 2019), the 185th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 154th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Bulgarian Writer.

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  • 38k

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  • 46.69

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yordan Yovkov ranks 4,582 out of 5,755Before him are David Weber, Hans Nielsen Hauge, Eleanor Farjeon, Yurii Andrukhovych, Juan de la Cueva, and George Mikes. After him are Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Juan de Mena, Iakob Tsurtaveli, Chester Himes, Dante Spinotti, and John O'Hara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Yordan Yovkov ranks 153Before him are Jean Alexandre Barré, Hans Moser, Louis Hémon, Joe May, Lipót Fejér, and Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans. After him are George Preca, Ramón Pérez de Ayala, Frederick Lane, Knud Kristensen, Josef Gočár, and Louis Wolheim. Among people deceased in 1937, Yordan Yovkov ranks 129Before him are Ernst Hoppenberg, Alexander Chervyakov, Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk, Meliton Balanchivadze, Robert Borden, and Ndre Mjeda. After him are Walter Burley Griffin, Nikolai Klyuev, Axel Bakunts, Marguerite Audoux, Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj, and Colin Clive.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Yordan Yovkov ranks 185 out of 372Before him are Nikola Mushanov (1872), Petko Karavelov (1843), Ivan Kostov (1949), Stefan Toshev (1859), Nadya Nozharova (1916), and Teodor Teodorov (1859). After him are Dora Gabe (1888), Yordanka Blagoeva (1947), Kostas Varnalis (1884), Dinko Dermendzhiev (1941), Georgi Atanasov (1933), and Vladimir Dimitrov (1882).

Among WRITERS In Bulgaria

Among writers born in Bulgaria, Yordan Yovkov ranks 24Before him are Lyuben Karavelov (1834), Aleko Konstantinov (1863), Ferdinand Bruckner (1891), Pencho Slaveykov (1866), Geo Milev (1895), and Stanislav Stratiev (1941). After him are Dora Gabe (1888), Kostas Varnalis (1884), Dimitar Dimov (1909), Yordan Radichkov (1929), Anton Donchev (1930), and Georgi Gospodinov (1968).