WRITER

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

1921 - 1990

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Friedrich Dürrenmatt (German: [ˈfriːdrɪç ˈdʏrənˌmat] ; 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophical crime novels, and macabre satire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Dürrenmatt has received more than 555,891 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Friedrich Dürrenmatt is the 371st most popular writer (up from 384th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 31st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Writer.

Friedrich Dürrenmatt is most famous for his novels, which often deal with the themes of justice and revenge.

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  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Romulus der Grosse
1957
Der Richter und sein Henker
1952
Das Versprechen
1958
Grieche sucht Griechin
1955
Theater-Schriften und Reden
1966

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 371 out of 7,302. Before him are Ahmad ibn Fadlan, Paul Auster, Jo Nesbø, Alphonse de Lamartine, Ennius, and Octavio Paz. After him are Tulsidas, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Grazia Deledda, Enheduanna, Theocritus, and Arthur de Gobineau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 18. Before him are John Rawls, Simone Signoret, Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Sophie Scholl, and Hua Guofeng. After him are Joseph Beuys, Peter Ustinov, Gunnar Nordahl, Paulo Freire, Patricia Highsmith, and Nancy Reagan. Among people deceased in 1990, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 10. Before him are Roald Dahl, Leonard Bernstein, Louis Althusser, Alberto Moravia, Ava Gardner, and B. F. Skinner. After him are Paulette Goddard, Sarah Vaughan, Norbert Elias, Lê Đức Thọ, Sergei Parajanov, and Pavel Cherenkov.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 27 out of 1,015. Before him are Albert Hofmann (1906), Carl Spitteler (1845), Élie Ducommun (1833), Bruno Ganz (1941), Arnold Böcklin (1827), and Conrad Gessner (1516). After him are Jacob Burckhardt (1818), Erich von Däniken (1935), Jacques Necker (1732), Joan Gamper (1877), Heinrich Rohrer (1933), and Carlo Maderno (1556).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 3. Before him are Johanna Spyri (1827), and Carl Spitteler (1845). After him are Erich von Däniken (1935), Karl Barth (1886), Robert Walser (1878), Alejo Carpentier (1904), Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784), Max Frisch (1911), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz (1878), and Gottfried Keller (1819).

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