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Friedrich Hölderlin

1770 - 1843

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Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (UK: , US: ; German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhœldɐliːn] ; 20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a German poet and philosopher. Described by Norbert von Hellingrath as "the most German of Germans", Hölderlin was a key figure of German Romanticism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Hölderlin has received more than 747,686 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Hölderlin is the 194th most popular writer (up from 205th in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Germany (up from 161st in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Writer.

Friedrich Hölderlin is most famous for his poetry, especially his poem "Patmos."

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  • 72.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Friedrich Hölderlin ranks 194 out of 7,302. Before him are Stanisław Lem, Lope de Vega, Eckhart Tolle, Janusz Korczak, Lu Xun, and Al-Masudi. After him are Juvenal, Luís de Camões, Roald Dahl, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, William Blake, and Karl Adolph Gjellerup.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1770, Friedrich Hölderlin ranks 4. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and Frederick William III of Prussia. After him are Bertel Thorvaldsen, Louis-Nicolas Davout, William Wordsworth, François Gérard, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Princess Carolina of Parma, Theodoros Kolokotronis, and Anton Reicha. Among people deceased in 1843, Friedrich Hölderlin ranks 1. After him are William I of the Netherlands, Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, Noah Webster, Samuel Hahnemann, Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Joseph Lanner, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Marie Anne Lenormand, Sequoyah, and Peter Wittgenstein.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Hölderlin ranks 155 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Ebert (1871), Levi Strauss (1829), Pope Joan (null), Eckhart Tolle (1948), Agrippina the Younger (15), and Franz von Papen (1879). After him are Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), Alfred Jodl (1890), Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795), Caroline of Ansbach (1683), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926), and George II of Great Britain (1683).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Friedrich Hölderlin ranks 13. Before him are Bertolt Brecht (1898), Erich Maria Remarque (1898), Charles Bukowski (1920), Novalis (1772), Heinrich Böll (1917), and Eckhart Tolle (1948). After him are Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), Jacob Grimm (1785), Nelly Sachs (1891), Paul Heyse (1830), Heinrich von Kleist (1777), and Ernst Jünger (1895).

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