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Aesop

620 BC - 564 BC

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Aesop ( EE-sop; Ancient Greek: Αἴσωπος, Aísōpos; c. 620–564 BCE; formerly rendered as Æsop) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Although his existence remains unclear and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Many of the tales associated with him are characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aesop is the 29th most popular writer (down from 23rd in 2019), the most popular biography from Bulgaria and the most popular Bulgarian Writer.

Aesop is most famous for his fables, which are short stories about animals that teach a moral lesson.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aesop ranks 29 out of 7,302. Before him are Albert Camus, Hesiod, Anton Chekhov, Rumi, Petrarch, and Honoré de Balzac. After him are Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Gabriel García Márquez, Giovanni Boccaccio, Agatha Christie, H. G. Wells, and Khalil Gibran.

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Among people born in 620 BC, Aesop ranks 1. After him are Alcaeus of Mytilene, and Sushruta. Among people deceased in 564 BC, Aesop ranks 1. 

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    Aesop

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    620 BC - 564 BC

    HPI: 86.32

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Aesop ranks 1 out of 415. After him are Flavius Aetius (390), Belisarius (505), Ahmed III (1673), Elias Canetti (1905), Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1937), Georgi Dimitrov (1882), Maximinus Thrax (173), Phocas (547), Todor Zhivkov (1911), Simeon I of Bulgaria (864), and Boris III of Bulgaria (1894).

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Among WRITERS In Bulgaria

Among writers born in Bulgaria, Aesop ranks 1. After him are Elias Canetti (1905), Saint Naum (830), Hristo Botev (1848), Ivan Vazov (1850), Georgi Markov (1929), Chernorizets Hrabar (890), Sabahattin Ali (1907), Gregory Tsamblak (1365), Constantine of Preslav (900), Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821), and Elin Pelin (1877).

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