WRITER

Alfréd Wetzler

1918 - 1988

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Alfréd Israel Wetzler (10 May 1918 – 8 February 1988), who wrote under the alias Jozef Lánik, was a Slovak Jewish writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfréd Wetzler has received more than 239,114 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfréd Wetzler is the 3,596th most popular writer, the 695th most popular biography from Austria and the 46th most popular Austrian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Escape from Hell
2006
Escape from Auschwitz
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Jews, Biography
2006

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alfréd Wetzler ranks 3,596 out of 7,302. Before him are Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, Georgi Pulevski, António Ferreira, Christopher Hampton, Mazo de la Roche, and Thorkild Hansen. After him are Teofilo Folengo, David Bergelson, Mikhail Isakovsky, James Tiptree Jr., Elin Pelin, and Juan José Saer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Alfréd Wetzler ranks 163. Before him are Alfredo Ovando Candía, Ruggiero Ricci, Patachou, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, Cornell Capa, and Zakaria Mohieddin. After him are Hermann Zapf, Pyotr Masherov, Venetia Burney, Helen Stephens, Meir Vilner, and Ted Post. Among people deceased in 1988, Alfréd Wetzler ranks 126. Before him are Fazlur Rahman Malik, Josep Tarradellas, Michel Auclair, Anatoly Levchenko, Steno, and Pete Maravich. After him are Ferenc Sas, Siaka Stevens, Yuli Daniel, Sabino Barinaga, Anatoli Maslyonkin, and Joshua Logan.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Alfréd Wetzler ranks 695 out of 1,424. Before him are Alexandru Vaida-Voevod (1872), Anton von Schmerling (1805), Erich Leinsdorf (1912), Franz Bartl (1915), Leopold Hofmann (1738), and Heinz von Foerster (1911). After him are Rudolf von Alt (1812), Heinz Weixelbraun (1963), Joseph Hellmesberger Sr. (1828), Hans Hass (1919), Josef Hickersberger (1948), and Mateo Kovačić (1994).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Alfréd Wetzler ranks 46. Before him are Heimito von Doderer (1896), Dezső Kosztolányi (1885), Paula von Preradović (1887), Johannes Mario Simmel (1924), Erich Fried (1921), and Nathan Birnbaum (1864). After him are Peter Rosegger (1843), Ernst Jandl (1925), Friederike Mayröcker (1924), Ceija Stojka (1933), Ludwig Anzengruber (1839), and Lajos Bíró (1880).

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