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Martin Kukučín

1860 - 1928

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Martin Kukučín (real name Matej Bencúr, 17 May 1860, Jasenová, – 21 May 1928, Pakrac) was a Slovak prose writer, dramatist and publicist. He was the most notable representative of Slovak literary realism, and is considered one of the founders of modern Slovak prose. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Kukučín is the 4,907th most popular writer (down from 4,813th in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 180th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Slovak Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Martin Kukučín ranks 4,907 out of 7,302. Before him are Andrejs Upīts, Alexander Abusch, Álvaro Pombo, Eugène Guillevic, Linn Ullmann, and Pherecrates. After him are Erik Hornung, Philippe Néricault Destouches, Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, Jan Arnald, Eva Crane, and Ruth Maier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Martin Kukučín ranks 115. Before him are John Scott Haldane, Horacio Vásquez, Jacques Sautereau, Joseph Cook, Pieter Jelles Troelstra, and D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson. After him are Nikolai Ottovich von Essen, Alexey Favorsky, Jan Kasprowicz, Chandramukhi Basu, Frank Morley, and Roger de Barbarin. Among people deceased in 1928, Martin Kukučín ranks 95. Before him are Adela Zamudio, Kostas Karyotakis, Andrew Fisher, Pierre Puiseux, Klabund, and José Eustasio Rivera. After him are Paul van Ostaijen, Georges Passerieu, Jane Ellen Harrison, Theodore Roberts, Stefanos Skouloudis, and Leon Benois.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Martin Kukučín ranks 186 out of 418. Before him are Jozef Murgaš (1864), Jozef Čapkovič (1948), Karol Jokl (1945), Béla Illés (1895), Ladislav Pavlovič (1926), and Ludwig Schlesinger (1864). After him are János Scitovszky (1785), Ján Hollý (1785), Ľubomír Moravčík (1965), Alphons Czibulka (1842), Štefan Uher (1930), and Daniela Hantuchová (1983).

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Among WRITERS In Slovakia

Among writers born in Slovakia, Martin Kukučín ranks 19. Before him are Andrej Sládkovič (1820), Margita Figuli (1909), Vladimir Oravsky (1947), Lajos Kassák (1887), Janko Kráľ (1822), and Béla Illés (1895). After him are Ján Hollý (1785), Milan Rúfus (1928), Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová (1855), Timrava (1867), Peter Pišťanek (1960), and Radoslav Rochallyi (1980).

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