WRITER

Bernhard Schlink

1944 - Today

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Bernhard Schlink (German: [ˈbɛʁn.haʁt ʃlɪŋk] ; born 6 July 1944) is a German lawyer, academic, and novelist. He is best known for his novel The Reader, which was first published in 1995 and became an international bestseller. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernhard Schlink has received more than 345,063 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernhard Schlink is the 875th most popular writer (up from 1,021st in 2019), the 827th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,008th in 2019) and the 51st most popular German Writer.

Bernhard Schlink is most famous for his novel, The Reader, which was made into a film in 2008. The novel tells the story of a 15-year-old boy who falls in love with an older woman.

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  • 350k

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  • 62.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bernhard Schlink ranks 875 out of 7,302. Before him are Aubrey Beardsley, Nizar Qabbani, Charles Nodier, Philip Pullman, Gaius Lucilius, and Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi. After him are Wilbur Smith, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Viktor Shklovsky, Ghassan Kanafani, Dashiell Hammett, and Luis Sepúlveda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Bernhard Schlink ranks 71. Before him are Makoto Kobayashi, Udo Kier, Serge Haroche, Abdul Hamid, Klaus Nomi, and Claudia Mori. After him are Jonathan Demme, Gérard Mourou, Nǃxau ǂToma, Kary Mullis, Ashraf Marwan, and R. Lee Ermey.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bernhard Schlink ranks 827 out of 7,253. Before him are Frei Otto (1925), Thomas Bach (1953), George, King of Saxony (1832), Bruno Walter (1876), Sophie of Württemberg (1818), and Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765). After him are Levin August von Bennigsen (1745), Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666), Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671), Klaus Hasselmann (1931), Otto Ernst Remer (1912), and Bruno of Querfurt (970).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Bernhard Schlink ranks 51. Before him are Karl Harrer (1890), Theodor Fontane (1819), Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724), Thietmar of Merseburg (975), Frank Wedekind (1864), and Peter Weiss (1916). After him are Hans Fallada (1893), Stefan George (1868), Achim von Arnim (1781), Anna Seghers (1900), Joost van den Vondel (1587), and Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622).

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