WRITER

Angel Wagenstein

1922 - 2023

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Angel Raymond Wagenstein (Bulgarian: Анжел Раймонд Вагенщайн; 17 October 1922 – 29 June 2023) was a Bulgarian screenwriter and author. He was the author of over fifty screenplays for films, documentaries and cartoons and is most known for his movies about Bulgarian Communists. His 1959 film, Stars, was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. His novel, Far from Toledo, was awarded the Sorbonne's Alberto Benveniste annual prize in 2002, while the novel Farewell Shanghai received the Jean Monnet Prize for European literature in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Angel Wagenstein has received more than 47,961 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Angel Wagenstein is the 3,305th most popular writer, the 139th most popular biography from Bulgaria and the 11th most popular Bulgarian Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Angel Wagenstein ranks 3,305 out of 7,302. Before him are Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, Charles Pinot Duclos, Mikhail Kuzmin, Mikayel Nalbandian, Jean Rotrou, and Cecil Bødker. After him are Abdullah Goran, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Salvador Espriu, Bernard-Marie Koltès, Peter Mayle, and Anna Sewell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Angel Wagenstein ranks 215. Before him are Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Emile Habibi, René Lévesque, Jock Stein, Bigode, and Georges Cottier. After him are Burt Kennedy, Vladimir Etush, Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Joseph Mermans, Pino Cerami, and Simon Hantaï. Among people deceased in 2023, Angel Wagenstein ranks 284. Before him are Raoul Servais, Terry Dischinger, Veniamin Soldatenko, Trevor Francis, John Pilger, and Deniz Baykal. After him are Friedrich Cerha, Vyacheslav Zaytsev, David Del Tredici, Terence Davies, Ignacio López Tarso, and Eugenio Calabi.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Angel Wagenstein ranks 139 out of 415. Before him are Ana Terter (1300), Hristo Lukov (1887), Stefan Bogoridi (1775), Stanko Todorov (1920), Lyudmila Zhivkova (1942), and Teres I (-470). After him are Cniva (200), Yordan Letchkov (1967), Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821), Nikola Vaptsarov (1909), Nikola Kotkov (1938), and Euthymius of Tarnovo (1317).

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Among WRITERS In Bulgaria

Among writers born in Bulgaria, Angel Wagenstein ranks 11. Before him are Chernorizets Hrabar (890), Georgi Markov (1929), Ivan Vazov (1850), Gregory Tsamblak (1365), Constantine of Preslav (900), and Sabahattin Ali (1907). After him are Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821), Nikola Vaptsarov (1909), Elin Pelin (1877), Blaga Dimitrova (1922), Ferdinand Bruckner (1891), and Anton Pann (1796).

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