WRITER

Cornelia Funke

1958 - Today

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Cornelia Maria Funke (German: [kɔʁˈneːli̯a ˈfʊŋkə] ; born 10 December 1958) is a German author of children's fiction. Born in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia, she began her career as a social worker before becoming a book illustrator. She began writing novels in the late 1980s and focused primarily on fantasy-oriented stories that depict the lives of children faced with adversity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cornelia Funke has received more than 575,275 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Cornelia Funke is the 2,727th most popular writer (down from 2,407th in 2019), the 2,874th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,504th in 2019) and the 177th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cornelia Funke ranks 2,727 out of 7,302. Before her are Peter James, Yasushi Inoue, Marjorie Boulton, Procopius of Gaza, Peter Bieri, and Ryōkan. After her are Marie Marvingt, Francis Ponge, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, Ludwig Rellstab, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and Vladimir Voinovich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Cornelia Funke ranks 100. Before her are Tracey Adams, Fiona Shaw, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, Riccardo Paletti, Sergey Sobyanin, and Andy Gibb. After her are Lakhdar Belloumi, David O. Russell, Didier Auriol, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Kevin Sorbo, and Carlos Tavares.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Cornelia Funke ranks 2,874 out of 7,253. Before her are Luigi Colani (1928), Claus Schilling (1871), Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch (1888), Susanna of Bavaria (1502), Johannes Werner (1468), and Elga Andersen (1935). After her are Harold Faltermeyer (1952), Wilhelm von Biela (1782), John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1513), Edzard II, Count of East Frisia (1532), Josias von Heeringen (1850), and Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Cornelia Funke ranks 177. Before her are Georg Herwegh (1817), Günter Wallraff (1942), Waldemar Bonsels (1880), Matthias Claudius (1740), Gustav Schwab (1792), and Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808). After her are Ludwig Rellstab (1799), Sebastian Franck (1499), Mina Witkojc (1893), Alice Schwarzer (1942), Malwida von Meysenbug (1816), and Wolfgang Iser (1926).

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