WRITER

Christoph Hein

1944 - Today

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Christoph Hein (German: [ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈhaɪn] ; born 8 April 1944) is a German author and translator. He grew up in the village Bad Düben near Leipzig. Being a clergyman's son and thus not allowed to attend the Erweiterte Oberschule in the GDR, he received secondary education at a gymnasium in the western part of Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christoph Hein has received more than 60,371 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Christoph Hein is the 5,630th most popular writer (down from 5,184th in 2019), the 1,119th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,005th in 2019) and the 138th most popular Polish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 60k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Der fremde Freund
Women, Fiction, Women physicians
1982
Randow
Drama, Women
1994
Horns Ende
Fiction, general
1985
Willenbrock
German fiction, Translations into English, Automobile dealers
2000
Der Tangospieler
Fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, general
1989
Drachenblut
Germanic literature, German fiction
1982
Drachenblut
Germanic literature, German fiction
1982
Der fremde Freund
Women, Fiction, Women physicians
1982
Der Tangospieler
Fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, general
1989
Horns Ende
Fiction, general
1985
Das Wildpferd unterm Kachelofen
1985
Willenbrock
German fiction, Translations into English, Automobile dealers
2000

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Christoph Hein ranks 5,630 out of 7,302. Before him are Richard D. Ryder, Federico De Roberto, Elvira Lindo, Henry van Dyke Jr., Pascal Lainé, and Oliverio Girondo. After him are Juana Manuela Gorriti, Anna Louisa Karsch, André Dhôtel, Wolfgang Hohlbein, Stephen Spender, and Olavi Paavolainen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Christoph Hein ranks 575. Before him are Pierre Trentin, Earl Monroe, Barbara Thompson, Tore Berger, Per Ivar Moe, and Jan Johansen. After him are Joachim Marx, Alexander Berzin, Ronald Lopatni, Lew Rockwell, Manuel Lapuente, and Ibrahim Sunday.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Christoph Hein ranks 1,119 out of 1,694. Before him are Waldemar Baszanowski (1935), Irena Kwiatkowska (1912), Adam Małysz (1977), Krzysztof Warzycha (1964), Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz (1936), and Harry Winter (1914). After him are Joachim Marx (1944), Anna Louisa Karsch (1722), Barbara Sobotta (1936), Stanisław Barańczak (1946), Władysław Rubin (1917), and Gerard Wodarz (1913).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Christoph Hein ranks 138. Before him are Jan Twardowski (1915), Jan Lechoń (1899), Eva Kotchever (1891), Kazimierz Brandys (1916), Antoni Lange (1862), and Lina Morgenstern (1830). After him are Anna Louisa Karsch (1722), Stanisław Barańczak (1946), Willi Apel (1893), Antoni Słonimski (1895), Julia Hartwig (1921), and Miron Białoszewski (1922).

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