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René Wellek

1903 - 1995

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René Wellek (August 22, 1903 – November 10, 1995) was a Czech-American comparative literary critic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. René Wellek is the 4,159th most popular writer (down from 4,142nd in 2019), the 785th most popular biography from Austria (down from 774th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Austrian Writer.

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Among writers, René Wellek ranks 4,159 out of 7,302. Before him are Josef Kajetán Tyl, Pepetela, Jan Brzechwa, David Shore, Julia Balbilla, and Cordelia Edvardson. After him are Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani, Hart Crane, Dušan Kovačević, Alexander McCall Smith, Edna Ferber, and Amado Nervo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, René Wellek ranks 214. Before him are Misuzu Kaneko, Doca, Wim Anderiesen, Franciska Gaal, Claude Dauphin, and Hamilton Luske. After him are Bernard Leene, Anatoly Alexandrov, Oleg Losev, Natallia Arsiennieva, Josefina Pla, and Rudolf Wolters. Among people deceased in 1995, René Wellek ranks 188. Before him are Olga Taussky-Todd, Agustín Gaínza, Frank Silva, Vladislav Listyev, Joe Slovo, and Anatoly Tarasov. After him are Karl Gruber, Sterling Morrison, Gavriil Kachalin, József Bencsics, Francesco Camusso, and Emmanuel Roblès.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, René Wellek ranks 785 out of 1,424. Before him are Ernst Grünfeld (1893), Paula Wessely (1907), Walter Nausch (1907), Alfons Dorfner (1911), Egon Zimmermann (1939), and Friedrich Hasenöhrl (1874). After him are Johann Georg Hiedler (1792), Mateo Kovačić (1994), Karl Gruber (1909), Hans Moravec (1948), Hans Rosbaud (1895), and Karl H. Pribram (1919).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, René Wellek ranks 56. Before him are Nathan Birnbaum (1864), Michael Denis (1729), Ludwig Anzengruber (1839), Peter Rosegger (1843), Friederike Mayröcker (1924), and Richard Beer-Hofmann (1866). After him are Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897), Berta Zuckerkandl (1864), Annemarie Selinko (1914), Herbert W. Franke (1927), Albert Ehrenstein (1886), and Ava (1060).

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