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Herman Gorter

1864 - 1927

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Herman Gorter (Dutch: [ˈɣɔrtər]; 26 November 1864 – 15 September 1927) was a Dutch poet, classical scholar, and communist theorist. A leading member of the Tachtigers, a highly influential literary movement in the Netherlands, he was one of the most acclaimed poets of his generation for his 1889 lyrical epic Mei. After 1897, he became a committed Marxist and a prominent theoretician of the international communist left. Gorter joined the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) in 1897, becoming a leading voice of its left-wing Marxist opposition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herman Gorter is the 2,558th most popular writer (down from 2,502nd in 2019), the 410th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 406th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Dutch Writer.

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Among writers, Herman Gorter ranks 2,558 out of 7,302. Before him are Dmytro Dontsov, Nikolay Kostomarov, Ceija Stojka, Dnyaneshwar, Marie Corelli, and Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky. After him are Maurice Joly, Archibald Gracie IV, Licinius Macer Calvus, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Tom Peters, and Okakura Kakuzō.

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Among people born in 1864, Herman Gorter ranks 85. Before him are Alexander Gretchaninov, Frank Chapman, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Alejandro Lerroux, Stefan Żeromski, and Ante Trumbić. After him are Eemil Nestor Setälä, Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Ferdinand Zecca, José Gregorio Hernández, Ricarda Huch, and Michael Mayr. Among people deceased in 1927, Herman Gorter ranks 66. Before him are Louise Catherine Breslau, Oscar Swahn, Lizzie Borden, Inayat Khan, Luigi Luzzatti, and Victoria Woodhull. After him are Fyodor Sologub, Hermann Muthesius, Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Charles Nungesser, Laurits Tuxen, and Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Herman Gorter ranks 410 out of 1,646. Before him are Peter Hans Kolvenbach (1928), Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), Ronald de Boer (1970), Jacob van Eyck (1590), Corrie ten Boom (1892), and Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621). After him are Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635), Anna van Egmont (1533), Karel Dujardin (1622), Pieter Bleeker (1819), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (1975), and Dirk I, Count of Holland (875).

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Among WRITERS In Netherlands

Among writers born in Netherlands, Herman Gorter ranks 16. Before him are Isaac Titsingh (1745), Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862), Cornelis Tromp (1629), Jacob Cats (1577), Cornelis de Bruijn (1652), and Corrie ten Boom (1892). After him are Louis Couperus (1863), Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937), Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), Jacob Israël de Haan (1881), Gerard Reve (1923), and Tim Krabbé (1943).

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