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Alma Karlin

1889 - 1950

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Alma Maximiliana Karlin (October 12, 1889 – January 14, 1950) was a Slovenian traveler, writer, poet, collector, polyglot and theosophist. She was one of the first European women to circle the globe alone. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alma Karlin is the 2,283rd most popular writer (down from 1,655th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Slovene Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alma Karlin ranks 2,283 out of 7,302Before her are Fujiwara no Teika, James Herbert Brennan, Dick Francis, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, Jurij Brězan, and Al-Busiri. After her are Walter of Châtillon, Frankétienne, Tobias Smollett, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Ding Ling, and Fernando de Rojas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Alma Karlin ranks 100Before her are Emil Brunner, Lev Karakhan, Amadeo Bordiga, Subhi Bey Barakat, Ernst Reuter, and Dietrich Kraiss. After her are Maria Bochkareva, Achille Starace, Gabriel Hanot, Bella Rosenfeld, K. B. Hedgewar, and Ralph Craig. Among people deceased in 1950, Alma Karlin ranks 76Before her are Kazys Grinius, Yvan Goll, Peter Fraser, Nikolai Voznesensky, Hantaro Nagaoka, and Walter Eucken. After her are Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Lev Berg, Shigenori Tōgō, Sami al-Hinnawi, Kurt Schmitt, and Adolf Wiklund.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Alma Karlin ranks 45 out of 340Before her are Robert Golob (1967), Leon Štukelj (1898), Srečko Katanec (1963), Luka Dončić (1999), Leon Rupnik (1880), and Johann Weikhard von Valvasor (1641). After her are Sigismund von Herberstein (1486), Janko Prunk (1942), Milan Vidmar (1885), Max Fabiani (1865), Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia (1929), and Rihard Jakopič (1869).

Among WRITERS In Slovenia

Among writers born in Slovenia, Alma Karlin ranks 4Before her are France Prešeren (1800), Ivan Cankar (1876), and Jernej Kopitar (1780). After her are Sigismund von Herberstein (1486), Stanko Vraz (1810), Edvard Kocbek (1904), Drago Jančar (1948), Valentin Vodnik (1758), Oton Župančič (1878), Srečko Kosovel (1904), and Adam Bohorič (1520).