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Zenta Mauriņa

1897 - 1978

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Zenta Mauriņa (15 December 1897 – 25 April 1978) was a Latvian writer, essayist, translator, and researcher in philology. She was married to the Electronic Voice Phenomena researcher Konstantin Raudive. She was nominated for the 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zenta Mauriņa is the 3,898th most popular writer (up from 4,041st in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 114th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Latvian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zenta Mauriņa ranks 3,898 out of 7,302. Before her are Berdi Kerbabayev, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Gennadius of Massilia, Veniamin Kaverin, Eiko Kadono, and Leopold Zunz. After her are Gertrude Jekyll, Angel Wagenstein, Kjartan Fløgstad, Javier Cercas, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, and Voltairine de Cleyre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Zenta Mauriņa ranks 196. Before her are Lya De Putti, Johannes Winkler, Héctor Méndez, Evsei Liberman, Werner Voss, and Douglas Hartree. After her are Lya Mara, Rosa Ponselle, Isabelino Gradín, Marion Davies, Ardito Desio, and Géza von Bolváry. Among people deceased in 1978, Zenta Mauriņa ranks 141. Before her are Liane Augustin, Jean Nicolas, Georges Speicher, Federico Chávez, Germain Derycke, and Rubén Morán. After her are Lon L. Fuller, Toivo Hyytiäinen, Joseph Colombo, John D. Rockefeller III, Robert Menzies, and Roman Karmen.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Zenta Mauriņa ranks 109 out of 323. Before her are Vija Artmane (1929), Arkady Raikin (1911), Jacob W. Davis (1831), Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics (1887), Arvīds Pelše (1899), and Balys Dvarionas (1904). After her are Lya Mara (1897), Ernst von Bergmann (1836), Andris Bērziņš (1951), Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg (1802), Heinz Christian Pander (1794), and Elīna Garanča (1976).

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Among WRITERS In Latvia

Among writers born in Latvia, Zenta Mauriņa ranks 14. Before her are Vilis Lācis (1904), Vizma Belševica (1931), Yury Tynyanov (1894), Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801), Krišjānis Barons (1835), and Garlieb Merkel (1769). After her are Anna Brigadere (1861), Astrid Ivask (1926), Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863), Aleksandrs Čaks (1901), Werner Bergengruen (1892), and Mirdza Ķempe (1907).

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