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Kārlis Skalbe

1879 - 1945

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Kārlis Skalbe (November 7 [O.S. October 26] 1879 – April 14, 1945) was a Latvian writer, poet, and activist. He is best known for his 72 fairy tales which are really written for adults. He has been called the 'King of Fairytales', and his words, Tēvzemei un Brīvībai (For Fatherland and Freedom), are inscribed on the Monument of Freedom in Riga. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kārlis Skalbe is the 4,992nd most popular writer (up from 5,406th in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from Latvia (up from 162nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Latvian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kārlis Skalbe ranks 4,992 out of 7,302. Before him are Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Kjell Espmark, George Borrow, Jamaica Kincaid, Gonzalo Rojas, and Mordecai Kaplan. After him are Fay Weldon, Aleksei Kruchyonykh, Robert B. Parker, William Dean Howells, Eduard Bagritsky, and Ranko Marinković.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Kārlis Skalbe ranks 199. Before him are Ernst Schultz, Ruth St. Denis, Miles Franklin, Frank Odberg, Sydney Greenstreet, and Birger Sörvik. After him are Marion Jones Farquhar, Han Yong-un, Steponas Kairys, Gabriel Miró, Otto Wahle, and Adolf Spinnler. Among people deceased in 1945, Kārlis Skalbe ranks 302. Before him are Walter Frederick Gale, William Joseph Simmons, Adolf Brand, Josef Gočár, Walter Weiler, and Alexey Favorsky. After him are Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, Aris Velouchiotis, Paolo Salvi, Frederic Clements, Sigurður Eggerz, and Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Kārlis Skalbe ranks 152 out of 323. Before him are Eduard Tisse (1897), Bruno Habārovs (1939), Jānis Cimze (1814), Andrejs Upīts (1877), Erik Hornung (1933), and Jānis Endzelīns (1873). After him are Hermanis Matisons (1894), Fridrikh Ermler (1898), Andris Nelsons (1978), Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov (1948), Oswald Schmiedeberg (1838), and Vija Celmins (1938).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Kārlis Skalbe ranks 23. Before him are Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863), Aleksandrs Čaks (1901), Werner Bergengruen (1892), Mirdza Ķempe (1907), Andrejs Upīts (1877), and Erik Hornung (1933). After him are Regīna Ezera (1930), Imants Ziedonis (1933), Juris Alunāns (1832), Anšlavs Eglītis (1906), Atis Kronvalds (1837), and Jānis Akuraters (1876).

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