WRITER

Antal Szerb

1901 - 1945

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Antal Szerb (1 May 1901, Budapest – 27 January 1945, Balf) was a noted Hungarian scholar and writer. He is generally considered to be one of the most important Hungarian writers of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antal Szerb is the 3,020th most popular writer (down from 2,759th in 2019), the 334th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 310th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Antal Szerb ranks 3,020 out of 7,302. Before him are John Aubrey, Cristina Peri Rossi, Ferenc Kazinczy, Juan Pablo Bonet, Titus Burckhardt, and Viktor Dyk. After him are Jean Lorrain, Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Censorinus, Nobuko Yoshiya, Ishaq ibn Hunayn, and Hansa Jivraj Mehta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Antal Szerb ranks 152. Before him are Ramón Serrano Suñer, Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt, Otto Ambros, Ernest Nagel, Franz Konwitschny, and Yuliya Solntseva. After him are György Orth, Prince Christoph of Hesse, George Raft, Kwon Ki-ok, Agostinho Fortes Filho, and Henri Tomasi. Among people deceased in 1945, Antal Szerb ranks 214. Before him are Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, Roberto Farinacci, Agnes Baden-Powell, Alfred Delp, Nikolai Tcherepnin, and Óscar R. Benavides. After him are Heinrich Ehrler, N. C. Wyeth, Violette Szabo, Henrietta Szold, Ernst-Günther Baade, and Alexander Granach.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Antal Szerb ranks 334 out of 1,077. Before him are Miklós Radnóti (1909), Lajos Czeizler (1893), Károly Palotai (1935), Stephen Heller (1813), Sándor Puhl (1955), and Sára Salkaházi (1899). After him are Éva Székely (1927), Sigismund Rákóczi (1544), Antal Dunai (1943), Elizabeth Granowska (1372), György Orth (1901), and Endre Szemerédi (1940).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Antal Szerb ranks 34. Before him are Janus Pannonius (1434), Miloš Crnjanski (1893), Frigyes Karinthy (1887), Mihály Vörösmarty (1800), Kató Lomb (1909), and Miklós Radnóti (1909). After him are Simon of Kéza (1250), László Polgár (1946), Béla Király (1912), Péter Szondi (1929), Géza Gárdonyi (1863), and Mihály Babits (1883).

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