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Aleksandrs Čaks

1901 - 1950

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Aleksandrs Čaks (born Aleksandrs Čadarainis; 27 October 1901 – 8 February 1950), was a Latvian poet and writer. Čaks is arguably the first Latvian writer whose works are distinctly urban, compared to the usual depictions of country life or small villages in earlier Latvian literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandrs Čaks is the 4,552nd most popular writer (up from 4,689th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 135th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Latvian Writer.

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Among writers, Aleksandrs Čaks ranks 4,552 out of 7,302. Before him are Francis de Miomandre, Jane Bowles, Ernst Stadler, Jacques Roumain, Klaus Groth, and James Agee. After him are Ivan Shmelyov, Ramón Pérez de Ayala, Alan Paton, Gudrun Pausewang, Sophia Parnok, and Alfhild Agrell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Aleksandrs Čaks ranks 233. Before him are Harry Partch, Andrée Brunet, Joseph De Combe, Max Lorenz, Mark Donskoy, and Raymond Firth. After him are Cyril of Bulgaria, Enrique Santos Discépolo, Paul Fritsch, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Norah Borges, and Nora Gregor. Among people deceased in 1950, Aleksandrs Čaks ranks 144. Before him are Ransom E. Olds, Elisabeth Langgässer, Mikhail Tskhakaya, Adolf Meyer, John M. Stahl, and Albert Ehrenstein. After him are Ivan Shmelyov, Hedwig Courths-Mahler, Sudirman, Bainbridge Colby, Joseph Stadler, and Alexandros Diomidis.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Aleksandrs Čaks ranks 139 out of 323. Before him are Tatjana Ždanoka (1950), Jānis Ivanovs (1906), Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863), Vitas (1979), Indra Devi (1899), and Heinz Erhardt (1909). After him are Laima Vaikule (1954), Werner Bergengruen (1892), Afanasijs Kuzmins (1947), Mirdza Ķempe (1907), Eliyahu Rips (1948), and Marija Naumova (1973).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Aleksandrs Čaks ranks 18. Before him are Krišjānis Barons (1835), Garlieb Merkel (1769), Zenta Mauriņa (1897), Anna Brigadere (1861), Astrid Ivask (1926), and Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863). After him are Werner Bergengruen (1892), Mirdza Ķempe (1907), Andrejs Upīts (1877), Erik Hornung (1933), Kārlis Skalbe (1879), and Regīna Ezera (1930).

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