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František Halas

1901 - 1949

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František Halas (3 October 1901 – 27 October 1949) was a Czech poet, translator and politician. He was one of the most significant Czech lyric poets of the 20th century. His poor background influenced his work as well as his communist views and active involvement in politics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. František Halas is the 5,325th most popular writer (down from 4,952nd in 2019), the 673rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 612th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Czech Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, František Halas ranks 5,325 out of 7,302. Before him are Tony Duvert, Roger Hargreaves, Svetlana Velmar-Janković, Eva Ibbotson, Alain de Botton, and Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio. After him are Claude Mauriac, Henjō, Peter F. Hamilton, Juris Alunāns, Platon Oyunsky, and Thomas Love Peacock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, František Halas ranks 277. Before him are Bebe Daniels, Paolo Mazza, Anna Kavan, Reinhold Mack, Mildred Wiley, and Sven Utterström. After him are Pyotr Novikov, Mildred Dunnock, Al LeConey, Ivan Petrovsky, Bud Houser, and Samuel Zauber. Among people deceased in 1949, František Halas ranks 156. Before him are Claes Johanson, Albert Ammons, Otakar Vindyš, François Brandt, Johann Friedrich Höger, and Harry Davenport. After him are Gheorghe Mironescu, James Rector, Pandeli Evangjeli, Ivar Lykke, Georges Trombert, and Karolina Widerström.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, František Halas ranks 673 out of 1,200. Before him are Adolf Born (1930), Patrik Berger (1973), Oldřich Lajsek (1925), Jaroslav Čermák (1830), Emil Pažický (1927), and Miroslav Koranda (1934). After him are Břetislav Pojar (1923), Ladislav Vácha (1899), Jaromír Nohavica (1953), Zdeněk Škrland (1914), Karel Kašpar (1870), and Ferdinand Bauer (1760).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, František Halas ranks 74. Before him are František Čelakovský (1799), Roderich Menzel (1907), Petr Bezruč (1867), Emil František Burian (1904), Karolina Světlá (1830), and Adolf Born (1930). After him are Hellmuth Karasek (1934), Jakub Arbes (1840), Otokar Březina (1868), Jaroslav Kvapil (1868), Eduard Bass (1888), and Marie Pujmanová (1893).

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