1926 - 2018
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, Edgar Hilsenrath ranks 3,744 out of 5,755. Before 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.
1903 - 1997
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 3,738
1916 - 2000
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 3,739
1892 - 1979
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 3,740
1903 - 1965
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 3,741
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 3,742
1892 - 1953
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 3,743
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 3,744
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 3,745
1911 - 2014
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 3,746
1936 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 3,747
1890 - 1964
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 3,748
1741 - 1782
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 3,749
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 3,750
Among people born in 1926, Edgar Hilsenrath ranks 237. Before 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 233. Before 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.
1926 - 2007
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 231
1926 - 2015
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 232
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 233
1926 - 2015
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 234
1926 - 2019
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 235
1926 - 1998
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 236
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 237
1926 - 2020
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 238
1926 - 1997
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 239
1926 - 2014
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 240
1926 - 2007
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 241
1926 - 2010
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 242
1926 - 2010
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 243
1942 - 2018
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 227
1942 - 2018
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 228
1944 - 2018
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 229
1945 - 2018
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 230
1943 - 2018
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 231
1912 - 2018
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 232
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 233
1925 - 2018
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 234
1929 - 2018
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 235
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 236
1928 - 2018
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 237
1924 - 2018
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 238
1935 - 2018
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 239
Among people born in Germany, Edgar Hilsenrath ranks 3,574 out of 6,142. Before 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).
1905 - 1973
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 3,568
1872 - 1958
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 3,569
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 3,570
1789 - 1849
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 3,571
1890 - 1943
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 3,572
1686 - 1739
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 3,573
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 3,574
1483 - 1565
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 3,575
1585 - 1638
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 3,576
1872 - 1925
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 3,577
1912 - 1986
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 3,578
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 3,579
1926 - 1997
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 3,580
Among writers born in Germany, Edgar Hilsenrath ranks 220. Before 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).
1493 - 1555
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 214
1813 - 1865
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 215
1907 - 1972
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 216
1700 - 1764
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 217
1921 - 2016
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 218
1944 - Present
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 219
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 220
1926 - 1997
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 221
1780 - 1806
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 222
1894 - 1967
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 223
1872 - 1922
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 224
1883 - 1934
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 225
1832 - 1899
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 226