WRITER

Jiří Wolker

1900 - 1924

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Jiří Wolker (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈvolkr̩]; 29 March 1900 – 3 January 1924) was a Czech poet. He was also marginally journalist and playwright. Although he lived a short life, he became one of the most important Czech poets. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jiří Wolker is the 3,833rd most popular writer (down from 3,408th in 2019), the 490th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 432nd in 2019) and the 49th most popular Czech Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jiří Wolker ranks 3,833 out of 7,302. Before him are Ruben Sevak, Sara Teasdale, Luis Vélez de Guevara, Elias Khoury, Justinas Marcinkevičius, and Milán Füst. After him are Juan José Saer, Said Akl, Hilary Mantel, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, Abdurauf Fitrat, and Katherine Paterson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Jiří Wolker ranks 191. Before him are Catherine Hessling, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Panagiotis Pavlidis, Mikhail Isakovsky, Halina Konopacka, and Dumarsais Estimé. After him are Gilberto Freyre, Bruno Apitz, George Calnan, Haskell Curry, Ioannis Andreou, and Helen Morgan. Among people deceased in 1924, Jiří Wolker ranks 92. Before him are William Bayliss, Hugo von Seeliger, Luigi Pelloux, Ebenezer Cobb Morley, Kuroda Seiki, and Eva May. After him are Teodor Teodorov, Herman Georges Berger, Herman Heijermans, Paul Cambon, Alois Riehl, and Mikhail Rodzianko.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jiří Wolker ranks 490 out of 1,200. Before him are Vojtěch Jasný (1925), František Vláčil (1924), Miroslav Ondříček (1934), August von Pelzeln (1825), Tadeáš Hájek (1525), and Hana Mandlíková (1962). After him are Joseph Johann von Littrow (1781), Vlastimil Bubník (1931), Vladimír Šmicer (1973), Petr Korda (1968), Johann Joseph Abert (1832), and Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Jiří Wolker ranks 49. Before him are Alois Musil (1868), Vladislav Vančura (1891), Václav Hanka (1791), Karel Kryl (1944), Arnošt Lustig (1926), and Jiří Dienstbier (1937). After him are Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853), Daniela Hodrová (1946), Bohuslav Balbín (1621), Moritz Steinschneider (1816), Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808), and Ludvík Vaculík (1926).

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