WRITER

Arthur Cravan

1887 - 1918

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Arthur Cravan (born Fabian Avenarius Lloyd; 22 May 1887 – disappeared 1918) was a Swiss writer, poet, artist and boxer. He was the second son of Otho Holland Lloyd and Hélène Clara St. Clair. His brother Otho Lloyd was a painter and photographer married to the Russian émigré artist Olga Sacharoff. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Cravan is the 3,034th most popular writer (down from 2,803rd in 2019), the 319th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 284th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Swiss Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Arthur Cravan ranks 3,034 out of 7,302. Before him are Gunilla Bergström, Marcin Bielski, Raffi, Takuboku Ishikawa, Christoph Friedrich Nicolai, and Gerard Reve. After him are Þorbjörn Hornklofi, Friedrich Wolf, Buddhadasa, Silvio Pellico, Hyginus Gromaticus, and Jean Richepin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Arthur Cravan ranks 132. Before him are Walther Wever, Paula von Preradović, Vincent Massey, Jean Patou, Rudolf Beran, and Pavel Postyshev. After him are Charles Galton Darwin, Patrick O'Connell, Leo Spitzer, Alexander Vandegrift, Les Kurbas, and Adone Zoli. Among people deceased in 1918, Arthur Cravan ranks 106. Before him are George Tupou II, Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia, Ewald Hering, Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia, Charlie Soong, and Anna Demidova. After him are Trifko Grabež, Charles Wolf, Malak Hifni Nasif, Ivan Puluj, Prince Mirko of Montenegro, and Nigâr Hanım.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Arthur Cravan ranks 319 out of 1,015. Before him are Henry, Duke of Parma (1873), Lisa Della Casa (1919), Gottfried von Einem (1918), Liselotte Pulver (1929), Pierre Tirard (1827), and Maurice Bavaud (1916). After him are Marc Surer (1951), Andreas Vollenweider (1953), Nicolaus I Bernoulli (1687), Johann Bauhin (1541), Alain Berset (1972), and Josef Hügi (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Arthur Cravan ranks 32. Before him are Heinrich Glarean (1488), Isaac Casaubon (1559), Alphonse Matejka (1902), Peter Bichsel (1935), Peter Bieri (1944), and Fleur Jaeggy (1940). After him are Fernán Caballero (1796), Philippe Jaccottet (1925), Theodore Bibliander (1500), Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484), Françoise Giroud (1916), and Ella Maillart (1903).

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