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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 529,558 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Friedrich Dürrenmatt is the 385th most popular writer (up from 410th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 4th 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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  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.89

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 385 out of 5,755. Before him are Sándor Márai, Tulsidas, Dan Brown, Jo Nesbø, W. Somerset Maugham, and Herta Müller. After him are André Maurois, Henning Mankell, Ammianus Marcellinus, Edmondo De Amicis, Hector Malot, and Shmuel Yosef Agnon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 21. Before him are Joseph Beuys, Giulietta Masina, Sophie Scholl, Simone Signoret, Gunnar Nordahl, and Paulo Freire. After him are Peter Ustinov, Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Aaron T. Beck, Deborah Kerr, Satyajit Ray, and John Glenn. Among people deceased in 1990, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 13. Before him are Louis Althusser, Leonard Bernstein, Alberto Moravia, Norbert Elias, Paulette Goddard, and Sarah Vaughan. After him are John Bowlby, Pavel Cherenkov, Yun Posun, Sergei Parajanov, Lê Đức Thọ, and Keith Haring.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 31 out of 876. Before him are Arnold Böcklin (1827), Jacob Burckhardt (1818), Conrad Gessner (1516), Charles Édouard Guillaume (1861), Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926), and Erich von Däniken (1935). After him are Jacques Necker (1732), Jacob Bernoulli (1654), Adelaide of Italy (931), Karl Barth (1886), Johannes Itten (1888), and Eugen Bleuler (1857).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Friedrich Dürrenmatt ranks 4. Before him are Johanna Spyri (1827), Carl Spitteler (1845), and Erich von Däniken (1935). After him are Karl Barth (1886), Robert Walser (1878), Max Frisch (1911), Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784), Alejo Carpentier (1904), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905), and Gottfried Keller (1819).

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