WRITER

Alfred Kerr

1867 - 1948

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Alfred Kerr (né Kempner; 25 December 1867 – 12 October 1948, surname: German pronunciation: [kɛʁ]) was an influential German theatre critic and essayist of Jewish descent, nicknamed the Kulturpapst ("Culture Pope"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Kerr has received more than 153,602 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Kerr is the 2,909th most popular writer (up from 3,506th in 2019), the 642nd most popular biography from Poland (up from 727th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Polish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Das neue Drama
European drama, German drama, History and criticism
Gesammelte Schriften in zwei Reihen
Drama, Historyand criticism, History and criticism
A Subtreasury of American Humor
American wit and humor, anthologies
humor
Die Welt im Drama
Acting, Actors, Drama
Das neue Drama
Drama, German drama, History and criticism
Mit Schleuder und Harfe
Drama, Reviews, Theater

Page views of Alfred Kerrs by language

Over the past year Alfred Kerr has had the most page views in the with 37,847 views, followed by English (22,163), and Italian (6,819). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (461.70%), Egyptian Arabic (75.60%), and Alemannic (54.51%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alfred Kerr ranks 2,909 out of 7,302Before him are Jean-Antoine de Baïf, K. Shivaram Karanth, Salama Moussa, Ana Blandiana, Nazik Al-Malaika, and Joseph Görres. After him are Daniel Varoujan, Anselm Grün, Heinrich von Veldeke, Dodie Smith, Jorge Guillén, and Armand Salacrou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Alfred Kerr ranks 87Before him are Dimitrios Gounaris, Hanns Hörbiger, Martin Kutta, Nilo Peçanha, Hjalmar Johansen, and Léon Daudet. After him are Giuseppe Morello, Maximilian Bircher-Benner, William Speirs Bruce, Prince Henri of Orléans, John Rogan, and Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein. Among people deceased in 1948, Alfred Kerr ranks 101Before him are Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, Leo White, Unity Mitford, Pavel Rybalko, Karl Valentin, and Charles Evans Hughes. After him are Vicente Huidobro, Monteiro Lobato, Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, Kan Kikuchi, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, and Aldo Leopold.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Alfred Kerr ranks 642 out of 1,694Before him are Władysław Czartoryski (1828), Aleksander Zawadzki (1899), Salomon Morel (1919), Franciszek Pieczka (1928), Szymon Winawer (1838), and Marian Spychalski (1906). After him are Julian Marchlewski (1866), Hanna Suchocka (1946), Sophia Jagiellon, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1522), Karl Decker (1897), Kurt Sanderling (1912), and Andrzej Panufnik (1914).

Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Alfred Kerr ranks 64Before him are Ignacy Krasicki (1735), Isaac Deutscher (1907), Hans Hellmut Kirst (1914), Tadeusz Różewicz (1921), Adam Michnik (1946), and Aleksander Fredro (1793). After him are Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595), Nathan Alterman (1910), Hermann Rauschning (1887), Maria Dąbrowska (1889), Bronisława Wajs (1908), and Uwe Johnson (1934).