WRITER

Ágota Kristóf

1935 - 2011

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Ágota Kristóf (Hungarian: Kristóf Ágota; 30 October 1935 – 27 July 2011) was a Hungarian writer who lived in Switzerland and wrote in French. Kristóf received the "European prize" (Prix Europe, a.k.a. Prix Littéraire Europe, Grand Prix Littéraire Européen) from ADELF, the association of Francophone authors, for Le Grand Cahier (1986; later translated into English as The Notebook). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ágota Kristóf has received more than 115,809 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Ágota Kristóf is the 402nd most popular writer (up from 443rd in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 37th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Hungarian Writer.

Ágota Kristóf is most famous for her novel "The Notebook."

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Grand Cahier
C'est égal
2005
Grand cahier
1988
La Preuve
1995

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ágota Kristóf ranks 402 out of 7,302. Before her are Erich von Däniken, O. Henry, Jacques Prévert, Raymond Chandler, Pietro Aretino, and Ismail Kadare. After her are Edmondo De Amicis, Henning Mankell, Henry James, Joseph Roth, Dan Brown, and René Guénon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Ágota Kristóf ranks 18. Before her are Françoise Sagan, Isao Takahata, Hussein of Jordan, Michel Aoun, Arvo Pärt, and Erich von Däniken. After her are Julie Andrews, Omar Sívori, Omar Bongo, Faisal II of Iraq, Fairuz, and Luis Suárez. Among people deceased in 2011, Ágota Kristóf ranks 16. Before her are Peter Falk, Wangari Maathai, Sócrates, Sathya Sai Baba, Joe Frazier, and Annie Girardot. After her are Flórián Albert, Rudolf Mössbauer, Ramiz Alia, Simon van der Meer, Willard Boyle, and Dennis Ritchie.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ágota Kristóf ranks 44 out of 1,077. Before her are Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409), Sándor Kocsis (1929), Dennis Gabor (1900), Sándor Márai (1900), Sándor Petőfi (1823), and Zoltán Kodály (1882). After her are Coloman, King of Hungary (1070), László Kubala (1927), Imre Lakatos (1922), Flórián Albert (1941), Lajos Kossuth (1802), and Béla III of Hungary (1148).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Ágota Kristóf ranks 5. Before her are Theodor Herzl (1860), Imre Kertész (1929), Sándor Márai (1900), and Sándor Petőfi (1823). After her are Arthur Koestler (1905), Ferenc Molnár (1878), Felix Salten (1869), Ján Kollár (1793), Ephraim Kishon (1924), Max Nordau (1849), and Nikolaus Lenau (1802).

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