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Josef Kajetán Tyl

1808 - 1856

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Josef Kajetán Tyl (4 February 1808 – 11 July 1856; Czech pronunciation: [ˈjozɛf ˈkajɛtaːn ˈtɪl]) was a significant Czech dramatist, writer, and actor. He was a notable figure in the Czech National Revival movement and is best known as the author of the current national anthem of the Czech Republic titled Kde domov můj?. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Kajetán Tyl is the 4,153rd most popular writer (up from 4,264th in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 529th in 2019) and the 54th most popular Czech Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Josef Kajetán Tyl ranks 4,153 out of 7,302. Before him are Irmgard Keun, Isabelle Collin Dufresne, Masuji Ibuse, James Thurber, Juhan Smuul, and Yahya Kemal Beyatlı. After him are Pepetela, Jan Brzechwa, David Shore, Julia Balbilla, Cordelia Edvardson, and René Wellek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, Josef Kajetán Tyl ranks 51. Before him are Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, Pyotr Chikhachyov, James Nasmyth, Sofia Adlersparre, Lysander Spooner, and Rodolfo Amando Philippi. After him are Salmon P. Chase, Henry Edward Manning, John Taylor, Antonio Arenas, Constantin Negruzzi, and John Hutton Balfour. Among people deceased in 1856, Josef Kajetán Tyl ranks 43. Before him are Karel Havlíček Borovský, Agostino Bassi, Henry Pottinger, Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, Ninomiya Sontoku, and Jovan Sterija Popović. After him are Johan August Wahlberg, Nicaise Auguste Desvaux, Ivan Kireyevsky, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet, Michel Félix Dunal, and John M. Clayton.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Kajetán Tyl ranks 533 out of 1,200. Before him are Ladislav Ženíšek (1904), František Janda-Suk (1878), Peter Ducke (1941), Franz Xaver Fieber (1807), Hugo Haas (1901), and Karl Deutsch (1912). After him are Alexander Dreyschock (1818), Josef Vojta (1935), Miroslav Vitouš (1947), Jaroslav Burgr (1906), Vladimír Vašíček (1919), and Tomáš Pospíchal (1936).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Josef Kajetán Tyl ranks 54. Before him are Jiří Dienstbier (1937), Jiří Wolker (1900), Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853), Daniela Hodrová (1946), Bohuslav Balbín (1621), and Moritz Steinschneider (1816). After him are Ludvík Vaculík (1926), Karel Sabina (1813), Julius Zeyer (1841), Jan Blahoslav (1523), Karel Teige (1900), and Gudrun Pausewang (1928).

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