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Anselm Grün

1945 - Today

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Anselm Grün (in English also: Anselm Gruen), OSB (born 14 January 1945 in Junkershausen, Germany) is a German Benedictine monk. He was in charge of Münsterschwarzach Abbey's financial matters, as its cellarer. He has written around 300 books focused on spirituality, of which more than 15 million copies have been sold in 30 languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anselm Grün has received more than 84,991 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Anselm Grün is the 2,912th most popular writer (up from 3,044th in 2019).

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  • 85k

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  • 59.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Anselm Grün ranks 2,912 out of 7,302Before him are Salama Moussa, Ana Blandiana, Nazik Al-Malaika, Joseph Görres, Alfred Kerr, and Daniel Varoujan. After him are Heinrich von Veldeke, Dodie Smith, Jorge Guillén, Armand Salacrou, Jean-François Revel, and Tony Robbins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Anselm Grün ranks 230Before him are Elisabeth Leonskaja, Francesca Annis, Svetlana Gerasimenko, Joseph Delaney, Thilo Sarrazin, and Revaz Dzodzuashvili. After him are Erik De Vlaeminck, John Carlos, Ferenc Seres, Roger Donaldson, Barry Bostwick, and Golden State Killer.

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