WRITER

Erich Kästner

1899 - 1974

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Emil Erich Kästner (German: [ˈʔeːʁɪç ˈkɛstnɐ] ; 23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974) was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including Emil and the Detectives and Lisa and Lottie. He received the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1960 for his autobiography Als ich ein kleiner Junge war. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich Kästner has received more than 626,261 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Erich Kästner is the 605th most popular writer (down from 536th in 2019), the 570th most popular biography from Germany (down from 507th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular German Writer.

Erich Kästner is most famous for his children's book, The Adventures of Emil and the Detectives.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Erich Kästner ranks 605 out of 7,302. Before him are Napoleon Hill, Lion Feuchtwanger, Karl Kraus, Judah Halevi, Pierre Loti, and Dimitrie Cantemir. After him are Hugo von Hofmannsthal, John Irving, Elisabeth of Wied, Columella, Alexander Herzen, and Stieg Larsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Erich Kästner ranks 23. Before him are Miguel Ángel Asturias, Adnan Menderes, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Béla Guttmann, Albert Claude, and Paul Hermann Müller. After him are George Cukor, Paul-Henri Spaak, Gustav Heinemann, Fritz Albert Lipmann, Cevdet Sunay, and Bertil Ohlin. Among people deceased in 1974, Erich Kästner ranks 22. Before him are Julius Evola, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Rudolf Dassler, David Oistrakh, Jacob L. Moreno, and Darius Milhaud. After him are Zalman Shazar, Satyendra Nath Bose, Peng Dehuai, Otto Strasser, Lewis Strauss, and Louis Kahn.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Kästner ranks 570 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans von Seeckt (1866), Lion Feuchtwanger (1884), Otto Carius (1922), Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743), Johannes Rau (1931), and Franz Boas (1858). After him are Cunigunde of Luxembourg (978), Adam Opel (1837), Hans Georg Dehmelt (1922), Elisabeth of Wied (1843), Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817), and Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Erich Kästner ranks 32. Before him are Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170), Traudl Junge (1920), Jean Paul (1763), Patrick Süskind (1949), Klaus Mann (1906), and Lion Feuchtwanger (1884). After him are Elisabeth of Wied (1843), Dietrich Eckart (1868), Bert Hellinger (1925), August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767), Ludwig Tieck (1773), and Bettina von Arnim (1785).

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