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Arno Schmidt

1914 - 1979

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Arno Schmidt (German: [ˈaʁno ʃmɪt] ; 18 January 1914 – 3 June 1979) was a German author and translator. He is little known outside of German-speaking areas, in part because his works present a formidable challenge to translators. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arno Schmidt has received more than 142,122 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Arno Schmidt is the 3,048th most popular writer (down from 2,640th in 2019), the 3,071st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,613th in 2019) and the 189th most popular German Writer.

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  • 140k

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  • 51.49

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Arno Schmidt ranks 3,048 out of 5,755Before him are Dodie Smith, Glen Cook, Catherine Breillat, Robert Bly, Eysteinn Erlendsson, and Charles-Louis Havas. After him are Michel Ocelot, Suman Pokhrel, Denis Davydov, Maksym Rylsky, Richard Hammond, and Leone Ginzburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Arno Schmidt ranks 159Before him are Henri Langlois, Jorge Bolet, Gyula Cseszneky, Albert Soboul, Andrzej Panufnik, and Haroun Tazieff. After him are Sándor Képíró, Alojs Andritzki, Eddie Chapman, Paul Rand, Zivia Lubetkin, and Kazimierz Świątek. Among people deceased in 1979, Arno Schmidt ranks 121Before him are Dirk Stikker, Vsevolod Bobrov, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Antun Augustinčić, Agop Dilâçar, and Rebecca Clarke. After him are Kurt Jooss, Georges Florovsky, Antonio Caggiano, Leonid Bykov, Ethel Smith, and Alfred Deller.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Arno Schmidt ranks 3,071 out of 6,142Before him are Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1761), Friedrich Christiansen (1879), Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine (1539), Heinrich von Brentano (1904), Konrad Duden (1829), and Robert Kovač (1974). After him are Manfred Winkelhock (1951), Philipp Spitta (1841), Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1891), Thomas de Maizière (1954), Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1675), and Hermann Burmeister (1807).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Arno Schmidt ranks 189Before him are Jurij Brězan (1916), Sebastian Franck (1499), Elia Levita (1469), Friedrich Wolf (1888), Herbert Achternbusch (1938), and Rolf Hochhuth (1931). After him are Ricarda Huch (1864), Heinrich Vogeler (1872), Herman Grimm (1828), Walter Hasenclever (1890), Curt von Bardeleben (1861), and Richard Dehmel (1863).