WRITER

Angel Wagenstein

1922 - 2023

Photo of Angel Wagenstein

Icon of person Angel Wagenstein

Angel Raymond Wagenstein (Bulgarian: Анжел Раймонд Вагенщайн; 17 October 1922 – 29 June 2023) was a Bulgarian screenwriter and author. Wagenstein was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, but spent his childhood in France where his Jewish family emigrated for political reasons due to their leftist politics. Angel Wagenstein returned to Bulgaria due to an amnesty, and as a student at a lyceum, where he joined an anti-fascist group. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Angel Wagenstein has received more than 45,752 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Angel Wagenstein is the 3,304th most popular writer, the 139th most popular biography from Bulgaria and the 11th most popular Bulgarian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 46k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Predi krai︠a︡ na sveta
2011
Петокнижие Исааково (Petoknizhie Isaakovo)
Biography, Conscript labor, Holocaust survivors
1999
Adiós, Shanghai
Traducción del Búlgaro de Venceslav Nikólov
2009
Farewell, Shanghai
Fiction, Jews, World War, 1939-1945
2007
Petoknizhie Isaakovo
Fiction, Jews, Social conditions
2008
Isaac's Torah
Social conditions, Jews, Fiction
2020

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Angel Wagenstein ranks 3,304 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.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

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 283. 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.

Others Born in 1922

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2023

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

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).

Others born in Bulgaria

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

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).

Bulgarian born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous