WRITER

Alfred Andersch

1914 - 1980

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Alfred Hellmuth Andersch (pronounced [ˈalfʁeːt ˈʔandɐʃ] ; 4 February 1914 – 21 February 1980) was a German writer, publisher, and radio editor. The son of a conservative East Prussian army officer, he was born in Munich, Germany, and died in Berzona, Ticino, Switzerland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Andersch has received more than 67,889 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Andersch is the 2,949th most popular writer (down from 2,698th in 2019), the 3,077th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,797th in 2019) and the 189th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 68k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Die Rote
German language materials
1960
Efraim
German literature, Translations into English, Novelists
1967
Die Kirschen der Freiheit
German Literature, German History, Biography
Die Kirschen der Freiheit is a beautifully written personal account of pre-war Germany and the Nazi period from about 1919 to 1945. It should definitely be considered on a par with for instance Ernst Toller's Eine Jugend in Deutschland.
1952
Geister und Leute
1958
Mein Verschwinden in Providence
1971
Sansibar
1957

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alfred Andersch ranks 2,949 out of 7,302. Before him are Vince Gilligan, Michael Ondaatje, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Charles Kingsley, Thomas Otway, and Gerard Reve. After him are Isabella di Morra, Hervé Bazin, Paul Gallico, Tudor Arghezi, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, and Étienne Pivert de Senancour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Alfred Andersch ranks 156. Before him are Sándor Képíró, Budd Schulberg, Baba Amte, Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Jersey Joe Walcott, and Howard Fast. After him are Taizo Kawamoto, Andrzej Panufnik, Gretel Bergmann, Max Wünsche, Viola Desmond, and Adolf Diekmann. Among people deceased in 1980, Alfred Andersch ranks 132. Before him are George Raft, José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, Hellmuth Walter, Celia Sánchez, Marian Spychalski, and Roza Eskenazi. After him are Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, Gastone Nencini, Fatmawati, Andrei Amalrik, David Janssen, and Alfred Neubauer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alfred Andersch ranks 3,077 out of 7,253. Before him are Christian II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg (1599), Ernst von Glasersfeld (1917), Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1619), Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (1933), Georg Eberhard Rumphius (1627), and Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1649). After him are Wilhelm Griesinger (1817), Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1488), Marta Hillers (1911), Robert Blum (1807), Gretel Bergmann (1914), and Josef Kammhuber (1896).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Alfred Andersch ranks 189. Before him are Wolfgang Iser (1926), Heinrich Vogeler (1872), Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772), Joseph Görres (1776), Albert of Aix (1060), and Ricarda Huch (1864). After him are Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths (1759), Picander (1700), Friedrich Wolf (1888), Richard Dehmel (1863), Hans Erich Nossack (1901), and Arno Schmidt (1914).

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