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Anšlavs Eglītis

1906 - 1993

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Anšlavs Eglītis (October 14, 1906 – March 4, 1993) was a Latvian writer, journalist and painter who became a war refugee in 1944. He had a prolific career as a novelist, and his later work often examined aspects of exile life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anšlavs Eglītis is the 5,548th most popular writer (down from 3,012th in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 78th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Latvian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anšlavs Eglītis ranks 5,548 out of 7,302Before him are Johan Falkberget, Günter de Bruyn, Gorch Fock, Sergei Lukyanenko, Léon Frapié, and George Chapman. After him are Christoph Hein, Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Inger Hagerup, Władysław Broniewski, Serhiy Zhadan, and Cyril M. Kornbluth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Anšlavs Eglītis ranks 349Before him are Abdus Sattar, Alberto Soria, Kang Kyeong-ae, Peter Donlon, Jorge Valderrama, and Erich Kähler. After him are Rafaela Aparicio, Grigore Moisil, Bruce Bennett, Andrei Abrikosov, Diana Wynyard, and Richard Rado. Among people deceased in 1993, Anšlavs Eglītis ranks 229Before him are Kenny Drew, Francisco Zuluaga, Frithjof Ulleberg, Michael Klein, Said Mohamed Jaffar, and Leslie Charteris. After him are H. R. Haldeman, Aleks Buda, Hamo Sahyan, Paul Grégoire, Natália Correia, and Lester del Rey.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Anšlavs Eglītis ranks 170 out of 323Before him are Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879), Dainis Kūla (1959), Juris Alunāns (1832), Valdis Birkavs (1942), Indulis Emsis (1952), and Imants Kalniņš (1941). After him are Laila Freivalds (1942), Aigars Kalvītis (1966), Leonid Ostrovski (1936), Vladimirs Petrovs (1907), Māris Verpakovskis (1979), and Inese Vaidere (1952).

Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Anšlavs Eglītis ranks 27Before him are Andrejs Upīts (1877), Erik Hornung (1933), Kārlis Skalbe (1879), Regīna Ezera (1930), Imants Ziedonis (1933), and Juris Alunāns (1832). After him are Atis Kronvalds (1837), and Jānis Akuraters (1876).