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Emmy Hennings

1885 - 1948

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Emmy Hennings (born Emma Maria Cordsen, 17 January 1885 – 10 August 1948) was a German poet and performing artist, founder of the Dadaist Cabaret Voltaire with her second husband Hugo Ball. Known as the "start of the show," countless creative works have been inspired by her life, including a best-selling novel, a graphic novel, short films, visual arts and countless other works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emmy Hennings has received more than 105,254 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Emmy Hennings is the 3,981st most popular writer, the 3,974th most popular biography from Germany and the 239th most popular German Writer.

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  • 57.07

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Emmy Hennings ranks 3,981 out of 7,302. Before her are Elena Văcărescu, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, Shinichi Hoshi, Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Irena Veisaitė, and Simonas Daukantas. After her are Titus Calpurnius Siculus, Lady Ise, Frankétienne, Yuriy Venelin, Wilferd Madelung, and Joan Lindsay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Emmy Hennings ranks 159. Before her are Louise Bryant, Nadezhda Udaltsova, Richmond K. Turner, Paul Leni, Mae Murray, and Giovanni Martinelli. After her are Jaafar Al-Askari, Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Charles Daniels, Romà Forns, Iuliu Hossu, and Ōsugi Sakae. Among people deceased in 1948, Emmy Hennings ranks 129. Before her are Carole Landis, Sylvanus Morley, Edgar Leonard, C. Aubrey Smith, Amir Sjarifuddin, and George Horine. After her are Lajos Bíró, Elsa Brändström, Siegmund von Hausegger, Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha, Jāzeps Vītols, and Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Emmy Hennings ranks 3,974 out of 7,253. Before her are Hans Clarin (1929), Conny Plank (1940), Cem Özdemir (1965), Otto Lehmann (1855), Johann Schweigger (1779), and Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg (1503). After her are John I, Count Palatine of Simmern (1459), Carl Adam Petri (1926), Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães (1858), Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1564), Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury (1797), and Andreas Kaplan (1977).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Emmy Hennings ranks 239. Before her are Karoline von Günderrode (1780), Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (1744), Friedrich von Bodenstedt (1819), Leopold Zunz (1794), Max Lange (1832), and Philipp Nicolai (1556). After her are Wilferd Madelung (1930), Sarah Kirsch (1935), Hans Carossa (1878), Otto Ludwig (1813), Oskar Maria Graf (1894), and Theodor Plievier (1892).

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