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Bohumil Hrabal

1914 - 1997

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Bohumil Hrabal (Czech pronunciation: [ˈboɦumɪl ˈɦrabal]; 28 March 1914 – 3 February 1997) was a Czech writer, often named among the best Czech writers of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bohumil Hrabal is the 588th most popular writer (down from 477th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Czechia (down from 56th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Czech Writer.

Bohumil Hrabal is most famous for his novels, such as Closely Watched Trains and The Unbearable Lightness of Being. He was a Czech author and a major figure in Czech literature.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bohumil Hrabal ranks 588 out of 7,302. Before him are Ulrich von Hutten, Bai Juyi, Adam de la Halle, Gaston Leroux, Patrick Süskind, and Khaled al-Asaad. After him are Gérard de Nerval, George Eliot, William Makepeace Thackeray, Georges Perec, Antoine François Prévost, and Denis of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Bohumil Hrabal ranks 25. Before him are Jack LaLanne, Romain Gary, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, William S. Burroughs, Karl Carstens, and Willi Stoph. After him are Lída Baarová, Abd al-Karim Qasim, Joe DiMaggio, Joe Louis, Max Perutz, and Aribert Heim. Among people deceased in 1997, Bohumil Hrabal ranks 28. Before him are Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, William S. Burroughs, Clyde Tombaugh, Isaiah Berlin, and Hans Eysenck. After him are Roy Lichtenstein, Fred Zinnemann, Edward Mills Purcell, Alfred Hershey, Allen Ginsberg, and Aldo Rossi.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Bohumil Hrabal ranks 71 out of 1,200. Before him are Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890), Karl Renner (1870), Ludvík Svoboda (1895), Karel Gott (1939), Princess Sophie of Hohenberg (1901), and Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein (1940). After him are Lída Baarová (1914), Jerome of Prague (1379), Franz Werfel (1890), Martina Navratilova (1956), Jan Masaryk (1886), and Karl Kraus (1874).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Bohumil Hrabal ranks 9. Before him are Václav Havel (1936), Rainer Maria Rilke (1875), Karel Čapek (1890), Jaroslav Hašek (1883), Max Brod (1884), and Milena Jesenská (1896). After him are Franz Werfel (1890), Karl Kraus (1874), Jaroslav Seifert (1901), Julius Fučík (1903), Jan Neruda (1834), and Adalbert Stifter (1805).

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