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Alphonse Matejka

1902 - 1999

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Alphonse Matejka (9 January 1902 – 27 October 1999) was a Swiss exports specialist and proponent of international auxiliary language. Born in St. Gallen to a Czech father and Swiss mother, he worked in the textiles and watchmaking industries, and lived much of his life in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Matejka is best known for his work in the international language movement; first supporting Ido, and later Occidental, he led numerous organisations in the fields, and authored several books teaching these languages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alphonse Matejka is the 2,621st most popular writer (up from 6,133rd in 2019), the 282nd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 647th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Swiss Writer.

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Among writers, Alphonse Matejka ranks 2,621 out of 7,302. Before him are Mariana Alcoforado, George Adamski, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Georges Ohnet, Dezső Kosztolányi, and Guillaume Tirel. After him are Ryōkan, Nikoloz Baratashvili, Bharavi, Jim Thompson, Rose Ausländer, and Cornelis Vreeswijk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Alphonse Matejka ranks 132. Before him are Thelma Ritter, Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu, Ernst von Salomon, Toyen, Emanuel Feuermann, and Ilmari Salminen. After him are Fritz Machlup, Vasil Mzhavanadze, Józef Maria Bocheński, Zino Francescatti, Luis Cernuda, and Oscar Cullmann. Among people deceased in 1999, Alphonse Matejka ranks 96. Before him are Peko Dapčević, Michel Petrucciani, DeForest Kelley, Pierre Bézier, Ron Wyatt, and Curtis Mayfield. After him are Heinz G. Konsalik, David Ogilvy, Karen Demirchyan, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Reiner Klimke, and Aldo van Eyck.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Alphonse Matejka ranks 282 out of 1,015. Before him are Johann II Bernoulli (1710), Giovanni Giacometti (1868), Gustave Moynier (1826), Gilberto Agustoni (1922), Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861), and Karl Röderer (1868). After him are Alexander Schallenberg (1969), Adolphe Appia (1862), Johann Kaspar Bluntschli (1808), Gustave Ador (1845), Hector Hodler (1887), and Claude Goretta (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Alphonse Matejka ranks 28. Before him are Jean Starobinski (1920), Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), Emma Jung (1882), Johann Peter Hebel (1760), Heinrich Glarean (1488), and Isaac Casaubon (1559). After him are Peter Bichsel (1935), Peter Bieri (1944), Fleur Jaeggy (1940), Arthur Cravan (1887), Fernán Caballero (1796), and Philippe Jaccottet (1925).

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