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Edgar Hilsenrath

1926 - 2018

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Edgar Hilsenrath (April 2, 1926 – December 30, 2018) was a German-Jewish writer and Holocaust survivor. He wrote several fictional novels that gave an unvarnished view of the Holocaust which were partly based on his own experiences in a Nazi concentration camp. His main works are Night, The Nazi and the Barber, and The Story of the Last Thought. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edgar Hilsenrath has received more than 56,677 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Edgar Hilsenrath is the 3,744th most popular writer (down from 3,223rd in 2019), the 3,574th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,082nd in 2019) and the 220th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edgar Hilsenrath ranks 3,744 out of 5,755Before him are Natallia Arsiennieva, Anne Hébert, Juana de Ibarbourou, Alejandro Casona, Sandra Brown, and Ugo Betti. After him are Arundhati Roy, Said Akl, Norman Manea, Moa Martinson, José Cadalso, and David Brin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Edgar Hilsenrath ranks 237Before him are Driss Chraïbi, Jon Vickers, Hans Günter Winkler, Tadeusz Konwicki, Theo Adam, and Lev Dyomin. After him are Alfred Körner, James Krüss, Ian Paisley, Veikko Karvonen, Salvador Jorge Blanco, and George C. Williams. Among people deceased in 2018, Edgar Hilsenrath ranks 233Before him are Marty Balin, Anneke Grönloh, Abbas, Geoff Emerick, Tony Joe White, and Connie Sawyer. After him are Evelyn Berezin, Michael Harner, Stanley Cavell, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, María Dolores Pradera, and Fernando del Paso.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Edgar Hilsenrath ranks 3,574 out of 6,142Before him are Anton Ackermann (1905), Paul Reinecke (1872), Hillel Furstenberg (1935), Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789), Heinrich Zimmer (1890), and Cosmas Damian Asam (1686). After him are Nicolaus von Amsdorf (1483), Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1585), Rudolf Schlechter (1872), Ernst Lehner (1912), Markus Merk (1962), and James Krüss (1926).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Edgar Hilsenrath ranks 220Before him are Justus Jonas (1493), Otto Ludwig (1813), Günter Eich (1907), Picander (1700), Ken Adam (1921), and Botho Strauß (1944). After him are James Krüss (1926), Karoline von Günderrode (1780), Oskar Maria Graf (1894), Iwan Bloch (1872), Joachim Ringelnatz (1883), and Max Lange (1832).

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