WRITER

Curt Siodmak

1902 - 2000

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Curt Siodmak (August 10, 1902 – September 2, 2000) was a German-American novelist, screenwriter and director. He is known for his work in the horror and science fiction film genres, with such films as The Wolf Man and Donovan's Brain (the latter adapted from his novel of the same name). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Curt Siodmak has received more than 171,678 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Curt Siodmak is the 5,319th most popular writer (down from 4,198th in 2019), the 4,891st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,870th in 2019) and the 319th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Donovan's Brain
1942
City in the sky
English Science fiction
1974
The third ear
English Science fiction
1971
Skyport
1959
For kings only
1961
Frankenstein meets Wolfman
Fiction, Horror stories, Monsters
1981

Page views of Curt Siodmaks by language

Over the past year Curt Siodmak has had the most page views in the with 20,585 views, followed by German (5,357), and Italian (1,745). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (81.78%), Malagasy (46.86%), and Swedish (8.20%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Curt Siodmak ranks 5,319 out of 7,302. Before him are Hamo Sahyan, Günther Jauch, Yi Munyeol, Simon Gregorčič, Gorch Fock, and Ferdinand von Saar. After him are Kitamura Tokoku, Delphine de Vigan, Miguel Otero Silva, Kalliroi Parren, Charles Wilkins, and Giuseppe Giusti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Curt Siodmak ranks 261. Before him are Jesús Bermúdez, Tor Johnson, Herbert Copeland, Sergei Lemeshev, Otto Winzer, and Chet Miller. After him are Daniel Kinsey, Arno Arthur Wachmann, Jaime Torres Bodet, Will Geer, Skip James, and Nikolaus Pevsner. Among people deceased in 2000, Curt Siodmak ranks 246. Before him are Jacques Laurent, Nils Täpp, Patricia Jones, Kenneth Lee Pike, Noor Jehan, and Alexandros Nikolopoulos. After him are Marc Davis, Edward Craven Walker, Enric Miralles, Julius J. Epstein, Brandãozinho, and Erich Borchmeyer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Curt Siodmak ranks 4,891 out of 7,253. Before him are Walter Lübcke (1953), Felix Brych (1975), Klaus Schmidt (1953), Helmut Kremers (1949), Gorch Fock (1880), and Carl Bolle (1821). After him are Hans Nowak (1937), Gregor Wentzel (1898), Michael Bella (1945), Herbert Neumann (1953), Hans Deppe (1897), and Ria Baran (1922).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Curt Siodmak ranks 319. Before him are Günter de Bruyn (1926), Franz Xaver Kroetz (1946), Georg Calixtus (1586), Fritz von Unruh (1885), Günther Jauch (1956), and Gorch Fock (1880). After him are Horst Faas (1933), Elisabeth Langgässer (1899), Frank Schätzing (1957), Ludwig Ganghofer (1855), Marieluise Fleißer (1901), and Adolf Bartels (1862).

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