Writer

Herta Müller

German novelist, poet, essayist and Nobel Prize recipient

1953 - today

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Herta Müller

Her biography is available in 107 different languages on Wikipedia. Herta Müller is the 261st most popular writer (up from 355th in 2024), the 14th most popular biography from Romania (up from 23rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Writer.

Herta Müller is most famous for her novel "The Land of Green Plums," which was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2009.

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180k

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Past 12 months

76.59

HPI

Historical Popularity Index

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#14 / 1,050

Herta Müller ranks #14 among 1,050 people in Pantheon born in Romania, inside the top 2% of that group.

107

Herta Müller's biography appears in 107 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 98% of all Writers.

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Herta Müller climbed 907 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #3,704 to #2,797.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Herta Müller ranks 261 out of 7,707. Before her are Joseph Heller, Nikos Kazantzakis, Jaroslav Hašek, J. K. Rowling, Alcaeus of Mytilene, and Primo Levi. After her are Dale Carnegie, Mary Wollstonecraft, Jordanes, Bartolomé de las Casas, Shmuel Yosef Agnon, and Anna Akhmatova.

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Joseph Heller
1923 - 1999
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 255
Nikos Kazantzakis
1883 - 1957
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 256
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HPI: 76.68
Rank: 257
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HPI: 76.63
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Alcaeus of Mytilene
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HPI: 76.62
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HPI: 76.62
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1953 - Present
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 261
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HPI: 76.57
Rank: 262
Mary Wollstonecraft
1759 - 1797
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 263
Jordanes
600 - 600
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 264
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1484 - 1566
HPI: 76.44
Rank: 265
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
1888 - 1970
HPI: 76.44
Rank: 266
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1889 - 1966
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 267

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Herta Müller ranks 6. Before her are Xi Jinping, Richard Stallman, Brigitte Macron, Zico, and Moon Jae-in. After her are Jerome Powell, Jeffrey Epstein, Steve Bannon, Norodom Sihamoni, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and Ahmad Shah Massoud.

Others Born in 1953

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Xi Jinping
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 1
Richard Stallman
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1953 - Present
HPI: 80.58
Rank: 2
Brigitte Macron
COMPANION
1953 - Present
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 3
Zico
SOCCER PLAYER
1953 - Present
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 4
Moon Jae-in
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 5
Herta Müller
WRITER
1953 - Present
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 6
Jerome Powell
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 7
Jeffrey Epstein
BUSINESSPERSON
1953 - 2019
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 8
Steve Bannon
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 9
Norodom Sihamoni
NOBLEMAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 75.61
Rank: 10
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
POLITICIAN
1953 - Present
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 11
Ahmad Shah Massoud
POLITICIAN
1953 - 2001
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 12