WRITER

Viktor Dyk

1877 - 1931

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Viktor Dyk (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvɪktor ˈdɪk]; 31 December 1877 – 14 May 1931) was a nationalist Czech poet, prose writer, playwright, politician and political writer. He was sent to jail during the First World War for opposing the Austro-Hungarian empire. He was one of the signatories of the Manifesto of Czech writers. Dyk co-founded a political party and entered politics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Dyk is the 3,019th most popular writer (up from 3,184th in 2019), the 382nd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 404th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Czech Writer.

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Among writers, Viktor Dyk ranks 3,019 out of 7,302. Before him are Anne McCaffrey, John Aubrey, Cristina Peri Rossi, Ferenc Kazinczy, Juan Pablo Bonet, and Titus Burckhardt. After him are Antal Szerb, Jean Lorrain, Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Censorinus, Nobuko Yoshiya, and Ishaq ibn Hunayn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Viktor Dyk ranks 88. Before him are Max Factor, Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Joanni Perronet, Otto Herschmann, Maximilian Voloshin, and Wehib Pasha. After him are Louisa Bolus, Erich von Hornbostel, Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, Josephine Hull, Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia, and Luke Voyno-Yasenetsky. Among people deceased in 1931, Viktor Dyk ranks 73. Before him are William Bates, Wilson Bentley, Nicolae Paulescu, David Starr Jordan, Hanns Hörbiger, and Rachel Bluwstein. After him are Emil Warburg, Princess Isabella of Croÿ, Motilal Nehru, Osachi Hamaguchi, Bix Beiderbecke, and Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Viktor Dyk ranks 382 out of 1,200. Before him are Rudolf Beran (1887), Jan Václav Voříšek (1791), Zdeněk Burian (1905), Franz Konwitschny (1901), Franz Krommer (1759), and Joseph von Sonnenfels (1732). After him are Jana Brejchová (1940), Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz (1686), Eduard Nápravník (1839), Sigfried Giedion (1888), Mikoláš Aleš (1852), and Karel Píč (1920).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Viktor Dyk ranks 40. Before him are Josef Jungmann (1773), Karel Jaromír Erben (1811), Josef Škvorecký (1924), Petr Chelčický (1390), Tom Stoppard (1937), and Fritz Mauthner (1849). After him are Karel Píč (1920), Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821), Alois Musil (1868), Vladislav Vančura (1891), Václav Hanka (1791), and Karel Kryl (1944).

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