WRITER

Clemens Brentano

1778 - 1842

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Clemens Wenzeslaus Brentano (also Klemens; pseudonym: Clemens Maria Brentano ; German: [bʁɛnˈtaːno]; 9 September 1778 – 28 July 1842) was a German poet and novelist, and a major figure of German Romanticism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clemens Brentano has received more than 238,698 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Clemens Brentano is the 751st most popular writer (up from 852nd in 2019), the 717th most popular biography from Germany (up from 833rd in 2019) and the 41st most popular German Writer.

Clemens Brentano is most famous for his lyrical poems, his fairy tales, and his novel "Godwi oder Das steinerne Bild der Mutter."

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  • 63.70

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  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sämtliche Werke und Briefe
Language Arts & Disciplines
1900
Gockel und Hinkel
1945
Geschichte vom braven Kasperl und dem schönen Annerl
1900
Werke
1892
Romanzen vom Rosenkranz
1903
Brentanos Werke
1892

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Clemens Brentano ranks 751 out of 7,302. Before him are A. J. Cronin, Felix Salten, Sven Hassel, Taha Hussein, Aelius Donatus, and Christa Wolf. After him are Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Ulrich von Hutten, Antonio Machado, Jean Anouilh, and Nestor the Chronicler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, Clemens Brentano ranks 13. Before him are Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Bernardo O'Higgins, Fernando Sor, and Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. After him are Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Ugo Foscolo, Kittur Chennamma, and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Among people deceased in 1842, Clemens Brentano ranks 6. Before him are Stendhal, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Luigi Cherubini, Bernardo O'Higgins, and Constanze Mozart. After him are Jules Dumont d'Urville, Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, Dominique Jean Larrey, Pierre Cambronne, and Peter Fendi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Clemens Brentano ranks 717 out of 7,253. Before him are Hermann Cohen (1842), Thomas Anders (1963), Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (1722), Johann Bayer (1572), Alfred Hugenberg (1865), and Kurt Schwitters (1887). After him are Max Liebermann (1847), Ulrich von Hutten (1488), Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907), Gabriele Münter (1877), John George I, Elector of Saxony (1585), and Anneliese Michel (1952).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Clemens Brentano ranks 41. Before him are Bert Hellinger (1925), August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767), Ludwig Tieck (1773), Bettina von Arnim (1785), Hugo Ball (1886), and Georg Büchner (1813). After him are Ulrich von Hutten (1488), Wilhelm Hauff (1802), Marie d'Agoult (1805), Karl Harrer (1890), Theodor Fontane (1819), and Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724).

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