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Else Lasker-Schüler

1869 - 1945

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Else Lasker-Schüler (née Elisabeth Schüler) (German: [ˈɛl.zə ˈlas.kɐ ˈʃyː.lɐ] ; 11 February 1869 – 22 January 1945) was a German poet and playwright famous for her bohemian lifestyle in Berlin and her poetry. She was one of the few women affiliated with the Expressionist movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Else Lasker-Schüler has received more than 311,176 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Else Lasker-Schüler is the 1,424th most popular writer (up from 1,573rd in 2019), the 1,493rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,678th in 2019) and the 94th most popular German Writer.

Lasker-Schüler was most famous for her poetry, which often focused on the themes of love and death.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Else Lasker-Schüler ranks 1,424 out of 7,302. Before her are Ryū Murakami, Joseph Mohr, Qiu Jin, Du Mu, Jane Hawking, and Chico Xavier. After her are Fran Krsto Frankopan, Károly Kerényi, Ihara Saikaku, Marcel Aymé, Karin Boye, and Torben Ulrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Else Lasker-Schüler ranks 44. Before her are Vasily Bartold, Gaetano Bresci, Mary Mallon, Joseph Franklin Rutherford, Richard Abegg, and Élie Cartan. After her are Hovhannes Tumanyan, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia, Giulio Douhet, Hjalmar Söderberg, Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din, and Liane de Pougy. Among people deceased in 1945, Else Lasker-Schüler ranks 102. Before her are Bernhard Rust, Philipp Bouhler, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Anton Dostler, and Walter Krüger. After her are Fritz Klein, Wolfgang Lüth, Takeichi Nishi, Charles Spearman, Helmuth James von Moltke, and Franz Hössler.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Else Lasker-Schüler ranks 1,493 out of 7,253. Before her are Nicolaus von Below (1907), Adolf Eugen Fick (1829), Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach (1682), Richard Z. Kruspe (1967), Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887), and Rupert of Salzburg (650). After her are Karl Korsch (1886), Wolf Biermann (1936), Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg (1617), Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818), Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1572), and Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (1763).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Else Lasker-Schüler ranks 94. Before her are Joachim Fest (1926), Hartmann Schedel (1440), Hartmann von Aue (1160), Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777), Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825), and Siegfried Lenz (1926). After her are Wilhelm Müller (1794), Arnold van Gennep (1873), Paul Rée (1849), Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813), August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798), and Gottfried August Bürger (1747).

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