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Cornelia Funke

1958 - Today

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Cornelia Maria Funke (German: [kɔʁˈneːli̯a ˈfʊŋ.kə] ) (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 536,420 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Cornelia Funke is the 2,415th most popular writer (down from 2,166th in 2019), the 2,507th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,191st in 2019) and the 155th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cornelia Funke ranks 2,415 out of 5,755. Before her are Hamnet Shakespeare, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., George Meredith, Slavenka Drakulić, Henry Darger, and Paul Goodman. After her are Tian Han, Okakura Kakuzō, Jørgen Moe, Jojo Moyes, Patrick Pearse, and Jung Chang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Cornelia Funke ranks 77. Before her are Peter Capaldi, Ghassan Massoud, Rachid Taha, Limahl, Nikki Sixx, and Keigo Higashino. After her are Riccardo Paletti, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Alessandro Baricco, Fiona Shaw, Anne Holt, and Søren Lerby.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Cornelia Funke ranks 2,507 out of 6,142. Before her are Lorenz Oken (1779), Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1591), Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (1271), Christoph, Duke of Württemberg (1515), William Louis, Duke of Württemberg (1647), and Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (1602). After her are Michael Maestlin (1550), Hermann Priess (1901), Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (1445), Carl Ludwig Siegel (1896), Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1622), and Christine of Saxony (1505).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Cornelia Funke ranks 155. Before her are Berthold Auerbach (1812), Waldemar Bonsels (1880), Unica Zürn (1916), Friedrich Spee (1591), Wilhelm Raabe (1831), and Gottschalk of Orbais (805). After her are Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723), Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772), Carl Zuckmayer (1896), Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856), Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715), and Heinrich Hoffmann (1809).

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