WRITER

Georg Büchner

1813 - 1837

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Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchner. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georg Büchner has received more than 395,179 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Georg Büchner is the 738th most popular writer (down from 623rd in 2019), the 704th most popular biography from Germany (down from 599th in 2019) and the 40th most popular German Writer.

Georg Büchner is most famous for his play, "Woyzeck."

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  • 400k

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  • 63.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sämtliche Werke und Briefe
1922
Dantons Tod
1913
Woyzeck
Drama
Georg Büchner's 'Woyzeck' is often described as the first modern play.
19001 / 5
Der Hessische Landbote
1965
Werke und Briefe
1926
Lenz
1944

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Georg Büchner ranks 738 out of 7,302. Before him are Amin Maalouf, Beatrix Potter, Cao Xueqin, Walter Raleigh, Sidonius Apollinaris, and Otto of Freising. After him are Pierre Boulle, Yanka Kupala, John Dos Passos, Berossus, Edmond de Goncourt, and Theognis of Megara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Georg Büchner ranks 8. Before him are Richard Wagner, Søren Kierkegaard, David Livingstone, Claude Bernard, Ivar Aasen, and Petar II Petrović-Njegoš. After him are Henry Bessemer, Charles-Valentin Alkan, John Snow, Franz Miklosich, Camilla Collett, and Baron Alexander von Bach. Among people deceased in 1837, Georg Büchner ranks 9. Before him are Hortense de Beauharnais, Charles Fourier, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, John Constable, Giacomo Leopardi, and Johann Nepomuk Hummel. After him are François Gérard, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, John Field, Philippe Buonarroti, Duke Pius August in Bavaria, and Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg Büchner ranks 704 out of 7,253. Before him are Peter Kürten (1883), William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1852), Heinrich Hoffmann (1885), Kurt Koffka (1886), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784), and Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (1727). After him are Louis Spohr (1784), Max Wolf (1863), Kurt Meyer (1910), Guillaume Henri Dufour (1787), Artur Axmann (1913), and Carlos Kleiber (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Georg Büchner ranks 40. Before him are Dietrich Eckart (1868), Bert Hellinger (1925), August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767), Ludwig Tieck (1773), Bettina von Arnim (1785), and Hugo Ball (1886). After him are Clemens Brentano (1778), Ulrich von Hutten (1488), Wilhelm Hauff (1802), Marie d'Agoult (1805), Karl Harrer (1890), and Theodor Fontane (1819).

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