WRITER

Ödön von Horváth

1901 - 1938

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Edmund Josef von Horváth (9 December 1901, in Sušak, Rijeka, Austro-Hungarian Empire – 1 June 1938, in Paris, French Third Republic) was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the nom de plume Ödön von Horváth. He was one of the most critically admired writers of his generation prior to his untimely death. He enjoyed a series of successes on the stage with socially poignant and romantic plays, including Revolte auf Côte 3018 (1927), Sladek (1929), Italienische Nacht (1930), Hin und Her (1934), and Der Jüngste Tag (1937). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ödön von Horváth has received more than 169,415 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ödön von Horváth is the 1,542nd most popular writer (up from 1,687th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 74th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Croatian Writer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.76

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  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Kasimir und Karoline
1972
Ein Kind unserer Zeit
1994
Sechsunddreissig Stunden
1979
Italienische Nacht
1974
Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung
1976
Der jüngste Tag ; Ein Dorf ohne Männer
2011

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ödön von Horváth ranks 1,542 out of 7,302. Before him are Giovannino Guareschi, John Gay, Adnan Oktar, Fritz Gerlich, Corax of Syracuse, and Jerzy Kosiński. After him are Kim Bu-sik, Tarjei Vesaas, Ausiàs March, José de Acosta, Usama ibn Munqidh, and Elizabeth of the Trinity.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Ödön von Horváth ranks 80. Before him are Ub Iwerks, Eric Voegelin, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Adelaide Hall, Yang Kaihui, and Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria. After him are Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, Souvanna Phouma, Pier Giorgio Frassati, Chen Yi, Nina Berberova, and Hendrik Verwoerd. Among people deceased in 1938, Ödön von Horváth ranks 57. Before him are Mary Mallon, Joseph Bédier, Aleksandr Kuprin, César Vallejo, Francis Jammes, and Leo Frobenius. After him are Alexandru Averescu, Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko, Axel Paulsen, Ludwig Borchardt, Edmund Landau, and Nicola Romeo.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Ödön von Horváth ranks 68 out of 700. Before him are Zvonimir Boban (1968), Petar Zrinski (1621), Viktor Pavičić (1898), Nikola Pilić (1939), Archduke Wilhelm of Austria (1895), and Jakov Gotovac (1895). After him are Mira Furlan (1955), Krešimir Ćosić (1948), Luigi Dallapiccola (1904), Vlaho Bukovac (1855), Milan Babić (1956), and Francesco Laurana (1430).

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Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Ödön von Horváth ranks 8. Before him are Miroslav Krleža (1893), Marko Marulić (1450), Ivan Gundulić (1589), Ljudevit Gaj (1809), Matthias Flacius (1520), and Petar Zrinski (1621). After him are Slavenka Drakulić (1949), Marin Držić (1508), Tin Ujević (1891), Niccolò Tommaseo (1802), Petar Preradović (1818), and Frano Selak (1929).

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