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Karel Teige

1900 - 1951

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Karel Teige (13 December 1900 – 1 October 1951) was a Czech modernist avant-garde artist, writer, critic and one of the most important figures of the 1920s and 1930s movement. He was a member of the Devětsil (Butterbur) movement in the 1920s and also worked as an editor and graphic designer for Devětsil's monthly magazine ReD (Revue Devětsilu). One of his major works on architecture theory is The Minimum Dwelling (1932). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karel Teige is the 4,465th most popular writer (down from 4,047th in 2019), the 573rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 506th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Czech Writer.

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Among writers, Karel Teige ranks 4,465 out of 7,302. Before him are Jan Blahoslav, Molla Vali Vidadi, Stijn Streuvels, Gervase of Tilbury, Louis Paul Boon, and Michael Morpurgo. After him are Fedir Bohatyrchuk, Martin Gray, Cemal Süreya, Marco Girolamo Vida, Mikayil Mushfig, and Janko Kráľ.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Karel Teige ranks 215. Before him are Teresa of the Andes, Josip Primožič, Pyotr Gavrilov, Erna Berger, Ivan Maslennikov, and Stamatios Nikolopoulos. After him are Pedro Arispe, Manuel Plaza, Natalio Perinetti, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, Mildred Gillars, and Marie Bell. Among people deceased in 1951, Karel Teige ranks 131. Before him are Zoltán Mechlovits, Pamela Colman Smith, Katarzyna Kobro, Pauline Pfeiffer, Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias, and Kim Myeong-sun. After him are Yrjö Saarela, Enrique Santos Discépolo, Levon Shant, Dorothea Bate, Nikola Mushanov, and Anna Tumarkin.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karel Teige ranks 573 out of 1,200. Before him are Jan Brzák-Felix (1912), František Šterc (1912), Oldřich Lipský (1924), Ernst Streeruwitz (1874), Jan Blahoslav (1523), and Milan Dvořák (1934). After him are Adolf Lang (1848), František Šafránek (1931), Rudolf Friml (1879), Josephine Kablick (1787), Vladimír Holan (1905), and Petr Kellner (1964).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Karel Teige ranks 59. Before him are Moritz Steinschneider (1816), Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808), Ludvík Vaculík (1926), Karel Sabina (1813), Julius Zeyer (1841), and Jan Blahoslav (1523). After him are Gudrun Pausewang (1928), Ladislav Mňačko (1919), Ivan Olbracht (1882), Eliška Krásnohorská (1847), Patrik Ouředník (1957), and František Langer (1888).

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