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Otokar Březina

1868 - 1929

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Václav Jebavý (13 September 1868 – 25 March 1929); mostly known by his pen name of Otokar or Otakar Březina (Czech pronunciation: [ˈotokar ˈbr̝ɛzɪna]); was a Czech poet and essayist, considered the greatest of Czech Symbolists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otokar Březina is the 5,688th most popular writer (down from 5,595th in 2019), the 725th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 698th in 2019) and the 77th most popular Czech Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Otokar Březina ranks 5,688 out of 7,302Before him are Emine Semiye Önasya, Charles Allston Collins, Lars Ahlin, Jean-Paul Dubois, William Boyd, and Frank Belknap Long. After him are Bahaa Taher, Michio Mado, George William Russell, Dan Pagis, Darya Dontsova, and T. C. Boyle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Otokar Březina ranks 184Before him are Kitamura Tokoku, Edward Abramowski, Frederick Hovey, Augusto Pestana, Harry Blackstaffe, and Maria Andreyeva. After him are Jaroslav Kvapil, Hermann Lietz, Johannes van Dijk, Spottiswoode Aitken, Anna Missuna, and Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire. Among people deceased in 1929, Otokar Březina ranks 133Before him are Edward Carpenter, Ödön Tersztyánszky, Karel van de Woestijne, Juan Antonio Escurra, Franciszek Rychnowski, and Otto Liebe. After him are Rudolf Kittel, Burton Downing, Norman Pritchard, José Vicente Concha, Jean-Baptiste Mimiague, and Daniel Barringer.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Otokar Březina ranks 725 out of 1,200Before him are Stanislav Lusk (1931), Siegfried Flesch (1872), Franciszek Rychnowski (1850), Otto Hemele (1926), Jiří Hledík (1929), and Eduard Novák (1946). After him are Bohuslav Sobotka (1971), Karel Absolon (1877), František Štambachr (1953), Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský (1886), Jiří Feureisl (1931), and Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf (1869).

Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Otokar Březina ranks 77Before him are Emil František Burian (1904), Karolina Světlá (1830), Adolf Born (1930), František Halas (1901), Hellmuth Karasek (1934), and Jakub Arbes (1840). After him are Jaroslav Kvapil (1868), Eduard Bass (1888), Marie Pujmanová (1893), Antonín Sova (1864), Fredy Perlman (1934), and Franz Fühmann (1922).