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Karel Jaromír Erben

1811 - 1870

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Karel Jaromír Erben (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkarɛl ˈjaromiːr ˈɛrbɛn]; 7 November 1811 – 21 November 1870) was a Czech folklorist and poet of the mid-19th century, best known for his collection Kytice, which contains poems based on traditional and folkloric themes. He also wrote Písně národní v Čechách ("Folk Songs of Bohemia") which contains 500 songs and Prostonárodní české písně a říkadla ("Czech Folk Songs and Nursery Rhymes"), a five-part book that brings together most of Czech folklore. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karel Jaromír Erben is the 2,719th most popular writer (down from 2,560th in 2019), the 344th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 311th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Czech Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karel Jaromír Erben ranks 2,719 out of 7,302. Before him are Yi Kwang-su, Josef Jungmann, Dorothea von Schlegel, Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Mago, and Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft. After him are Eva Mozes Kor, Patrick O'Brian, Táhirih, Peter Bieri, Herman Wouk, and Wilfred Owen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Karel Jaromír Erben ranks 38. Before him are Karl Gutzkow, Joseph Cafasso, Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, Edward Dickinson Baker, Raden Saleh, and Carlo Matteucci. After him are Peter Julian Eymard, Horace Greeley, Émilie de Villeneuve, Sakuma Shōzan, J. C. Jacobsen, and John William Draper. Among people deceased in 1870, Karel Jaromír Erben ranks 34. Before him are Konstantin Ushinsky, Friedrich Boie, Victor de Broglie, Paul-Émile Botta, Charles Xavier Thomas, and Pieter Bleeker. After him are Arthur Saint-Léon, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Prince Frederick of Württemberg, Cesare Pugni, Alexei Lvov, and Majid bin Said of Zanzibar.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karel Jaromír Erben ranks 344 out of 1,200. Before him are Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (1873), Zdeněk Nehoda (1952), Václav Tomášek (1774), Josef Jungmann (1773), Milan Baroš (1981), and Anton Schindler (1795). After him are Jiří Raška (1941), Josef Suk (1929), Otakar Ševčík (1852), Antonio Rosetti (1746), Karel Poborský (1972), and Dominik Hašek (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Karel Jaromír Erben ranks 35. Before him are Pavel Kohout (1928), Karel Hynek Mácha (1810), Alois Jirásek (1851), Ernst Weiss (1882), Józef Czapski (1896), and Josef Jungmann (1773). After him are Josef Škvorecký (1924), Petr Chelčický (1390), Tom Stoppard (1937), Fritz Mauthner (1849), Viktor Dyk (1877), and Karel Píč (1920).

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