WRITER

Frano Selak

1929 - 2016

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Frano Selak or Frane Selak (14 June 1929 – 30 November 2016) was a Croatian man who was known for his unverified depictions about frequent brushes with death. Selak's alleged near-death experiences began in January 1962 when he was riding a train through a cold, rainy canyon and the train flew off the tracks and crashed in a river. An unknown person pulled Selak to safety, while 17 other passengers drowned. Selak suffered a broken arm and hypothermia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frano Selak is the 687th most popular writer (up from 2,540th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 145th in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Frano Selak ranks 687 out of 7,302. Before him are Gerald Gardner, Pietro Metastasio, Ferenc Molnár, Joseph Murphy, Daphne du Maurier, and Walter Raleigh. After him are Gregory of Narek, Vittoria Colonna, Maurice Blanchot, Tyrtaeus, Al-Maʿarri, and Sidonius Apollinaris.

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Among people born in 1929, Frano Selak ranks 46. Before him are John Turner, Zdzisław Beksiński, Hebe Camargo, Lennart Meri, Richard F. Gordon Jr., and Eric Kandel. After him are Graham Hill, Karolos Papoulias, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Chet Baker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, and Christa Wolf. Among people deceased in 2016, Frano Selak ranks 44. Before him are Carrie Fisher, James Cronin, Gabriele Amorth, Alvin Toffler, Junko Tabei, and Andrzej Żuławski. After him are George Kennedy, Vera Rubin, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Reinhard Selten, Bernardo Provenzano, and Esma Redžepova.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Frano Selak ranks 17 out of 700. Before him are Pope John IV (600), Pope Caius (250), Saint Marinus (275), Laura Antonelli (1941), Franz von Suppé (1819), and Joanna II of Naples (1373). After him are Andrija Mohorovičić (1857), Luka Modrić (1985), Aloysius Stepinac (1898), Crispus (305), Svetozar Boroević (1856), and Rade Šerbedžija (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Frano Selak ranks 1. After him are Miroslav Krleža (1893), Marko Marulić (1450), Dubravka Ugrešić (1949), Ljudevit Gaj (1809), Matthias Flacius (1520), Ivan Gundulić (1589), Ödön von Horváth (1901), Petar Zrinski (1621), Slavenka Drakulić (1949), Marin Držić (1508), and Antun Vrančić (1504).

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