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Heo Nanseolheon

1563 - 1589

Heo Nanseolheon

Heo Nanseolheon (1563 – 19 March 1589), was a Korean painter and poet of the mid-Joseon dynasty. She was the younger sister of Heo Bong, a politician and political writer, and elder to Heo Gyun, a prominent writer of the time and credited as the author of The Tale of Hong Gildong. Her own writings consisted of some two hundred poems written in Chinese verse (hanshi), and two poems written in hangul (though her authorship of the hangul poems is contested). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heo Nanseolheon is the 3,260th most popular writer (down from 3,038th in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from South Korea (down from 149th in 2019) and the 9th most popular South Korean Writer.

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Among writers, Heo Nanseolheon ranks 3,260 out of 7,302. Before her are Christopher Hampton, Robert Fisk, Maria Dąbrowska, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Miguel Torga, and Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari. After her are Janet Frame, Joan Brossa, Holger Drachmann, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, Amy Lowell, and Rutebeuf.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Christopher Hampton
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 3,254
Robert Fisk
1946 - 2020
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 3,255
Maria Dąbrowska
1889 - 1965
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 3,256
Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon
1707 - 1777
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 3,257
Miguel Torga
1907 - 1995
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 3,258
Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari
1578 - 1632
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 3,259
Heo Nanseolheon
1563 - 1589
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 3,260
Janet Frame
1924 - 2004
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 3,261
Joan Brossa
1919 - 1998
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 3,262
Holger Drachmann
1846 - 1908
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 3,263
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
1819 - 1909
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 3,264
Amy Lowell
1874 - 1925
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 3,265
Rutebeuf
1300 - 1285
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 3,266

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1563, Heo Nanseolheon ranks 18. Before her are Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, Franciscus Gomarus, Katō Yoshiaki, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, and Enno III, Count of East Frisia. After her is Michael Drayton. Among people deceased in 1589, Heo Nanseolheon ranks 14. Before her are Johannes Sturm, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Bernard Palissy, Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Michael Baius, and Charles II, Lord of Monaco. After her are Marcin Kromer, Jurij Dalmatin, and Philothei of Athens.

Others Born in 1563

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Jan Huyghen van Linschoten
HISTORIAN
1563 - 1611
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 12
Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst
NOBLEMAN
1563 - 1607
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 13
Franciscus Gomarus
PHILOSOPHER
1563 - 1641
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 14
Katō Yoshiaki
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1563 - 1631
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 15
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
POLITICIAN
1563 - 1612
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 16
Enno III, Count of East Frisia
POLITICIAN
1563 - 1625
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 17
Heo Nanseolheon
WRITER
1563 - 1589
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 18
Michael Drayton
WRITER
1563 - 1631
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 19

Others Deceased in 1589

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Johannes Sturm
PHILOSOPHER
1507 - 1589
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 8
Jean-Antoine de Baïf
WRITER
1532 - 1589
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 9
Bernard Palissy
WRITER
1510 - 1589
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 10
Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
NOBLEMAN
1528 - 1589
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 11
Michael Baius
PHILOSOPHER
1513 - 1589
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 12
Charles II, Lord of Monaco
NOBLEMAN
1555 - 1589
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 13
Heo Nanseolheon
WRITER
1563 - 1589
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 14
Marcin Kromer
WRITER
1512 - 1589
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 15
Jurij Dalmatin
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1547 - 1589
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 16
Philothei of Athens
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1522 - 1589
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 17