WRITER

Carl Amery

1922 - 2005

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Carl Amery (9 April 1922 – 24 May 2005), the pen name of Christian Anton Mayer, was a German writer and environmental activist. Born in Munich, he studied at the University of Munich. He was a participant of Gruppe 47. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Amery has received more than 36,749 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Amery is the 5,481st most popular writer (down from 5,202nd in 2019), the 4,989th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,458th in 2019) and the 327th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 37k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Die Wallfahrer
Devotion to, Fiction
1986
Capitulation
Catholic Church, History
1967
Der Untergang der Stadt Passau
2004
Die grosse deutsche Tour
1964
Das Königsprojekt
1974
Die Grünen
Addresses, essays, lectures, Grünen (Political party)
1980

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Carl Amery ranks 5,481 out of 7,302. Before him are Jan van Beers, Nh. Dini, Luis Rosales, Henryk Rzewuski, Carlo Porta, and Elizabeth Montagu. After him are Julia Navarro, Edward Rutherfurd, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, José Santos Chocano, René de Obaldia, and Iryna Vilde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Carl Amery ranks 343. Before him are Tony Leblanc, Lloyd La Beach, Sydney Lassick, Neal Hefti, Mochtar Lubis, and Guy Madison. After him are Margaret Leighton, Rudolf Illovszky, José Craveirinha, Giorgio Anglesio, Kuno Klötzer, and Arthur Wightman. Among people deceased in 2005, Carl Amery ranks 279. Before him are Jerzy Pawłowski, Josef Holeček, Henry Källgren, Lane Smith, Parveen Babi, and Viktor Kapitonov. After him are Maria Vierdag, Renée Faure, Tetsuo Hamuro, José Azcona del Hoyo, Debra Hill, and Spencer Dryden.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Amery ranks 4,989 out of 7,253. Before him are Jürgen Marcus (1948), Georg Dascher (1911), Christina Lathan (1958), Heinz Prüfer (1896), Sigmund Haringer (1908), and Wolfgang Clement (1940). After him are Karl Mauch (1837), Volker Weidler (1962), Barbara Hendricks (1952), Joseph Weydemeyer (1818), Gabriele Kuby (1944), and Wilhelm Brinkmann (1910).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Carl Amery ranks 327. Before him are Elisabeth Langgässer (1899), Frank Schätzing (1957), Ludwig Ganghofer (1855), Marieluise Fleißer (1901), Adolf Bartels (1862), and Nathan Zach (1930). After him are Gabriele Kuby (1944), Brigitte Reimann (1933), Ferdinand von Schirach (1964), Kerstin Gier (1966), Stefan Andres (1906), and Douglas Coupland (1961).

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