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František Čelakovský

1799 - 1852

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František Ladislav Čelakovský (7 March 1799, Strakonice - 5 August 1852, Prague) was a Czech poet, translator, linguist, and literary critic. He was a major figure in the Czech "national revival". His most notable works are Ohlas písní ruských (Echoes of Russian Songs) and Ohlas písní českých (Echoes of Bohemian Songs). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. František Čelakovský is the 4,860th most popular writer (up from 5,074th in 2019), the 615th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 633rd in 2019) and the 68th most popular Czech Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, František Čelakovský ranks 4,860 out of 7,302Before him are Grant Allen, Kenjirō Tokutomi, Johan Borgen, Franciszek Karpiński, Akram Aylisli, and Ronald Knox. After him are Hanif Kureishi, José Eustasio Rivera, Bedros Tourian, Terenci Moix, Henrik Nordbrandt, and Gabriel Aresti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, František Čelakovský ranks 52Before him are Fyodor Bruni, David Don, Heinrich von Gagern, Nathaniel Palmer, Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, and George Finlay. After him are Frederick Catherwood, Amos Bronson Alcott, Edward Belcher, Henry Monnier, William Rutter Dawes, and Avdotia Istomina. Among people deceased in 1852, František Čelakovský ranks 58Before him are James Francis Stephens, Pavel Fedotov, Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen, José Ballivián, Jacques Bernard Hombron, and Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are Christoph Gudermann, Francisco Javier Echeverría, Álvares de Azevedo, Rose Philippine Duchesne, Frances Wright, and Walter Forward.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, František Čelakovský ranks 615 out of 1,200Before him are Ladislav Fuks (1923), Tomáš Galásek (1973), Kurt Raab (1941), Svatopluk Čech (1846), Karel Urbánek (1941), and August Wilhelm Ambros (1816). After him are Leo Slezak (1873), Josef Václav Myslbek (1848), František Ondříček (1857), Jan Jindra (1932), Helena Fibingerová (1949), and Zdenko Hans Skraup (1850).

Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, František Čelakovský ranks 68Before him are Ivan Olbracht (1882), Eliška Krásnohorská (1847), Patrik Ouředník (1957), František Langer (1888), Ladislav Fuks (1923), and Svatopluk Čech (1846). After him are Roderich Menzel (1907), Petr Bezruč (1867), Emil František Burian (1904), Karolina Světlá (1830), Adolf Born (1930), and František Halas (1901).