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Gert Hofmann

1931 - 1993

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Gert Hofmann (29 January 1931 – 1 July 1993) was a German writer and professor of German literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Gert Hofmann is the 6,065th most popular writer (down from 5,799th in 2024), the 5,443rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,215th in 2019) and the 347th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gert Hofmann ranks 6,065 out of 7,302Before him are Saroo Brierley, Wolfgang Hohlbein, Jonathan Safran Foer, Cyril Collard, Oscar Levertin, and Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca. After him are Henry Lawson, André Dhôtel, Chaz Bono, Alexander Amfiteatrov, Gustav Hasford, and Michael Swanwick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Gert Hofmann ranks 544Before him are Georgi Naydenov, Ronald Drever, Anthony Newley, Ali Beratlıgil, Frank Gardner, and Paul Motian. After him are Marla Gibbs, Karan Singh, Bogumił Kobiela, Anatoly Lein, Boris Gurevich, and Thelma Kalama. Among people deceased in 1993, Gert Hofmann ranks 267Before him are Ray Gillen, Gary Gordon, Heinrich Albertz, Billy Eckstine, Göta Pettersson, and Cyril Collard. After him are Gustav Hasford, Vilmos Zombori, Wallace Stegner, Sammy Cahn, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen, and Jim Pollard.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gert Hofmann ranks 5,446 out of 7,253Before him are Wolfgang Hohlbein (1953), Hans-Werner Gessmann (1950), Curt Goetz (1888), Chris Gueffroy (1968), Barbara Petzold (1955), and Rosa Kellner (1910). After him are Ines Diers (1963), Harald Norpoth (1942), Hugo Dollheiser (1927), Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920), Wolfgang Sidka (1954), and Annemarie Buchner (1924).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Gert Hofmann ranks 347Before him are Walter Moers (1957), Brigitte Kronauer (1940), Douglas Coupland (1961), Monika Maron (1941), Greg Iles (1960), and Wolfgang Hohlbein (1953). After him are Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920), Ralph Giordano (1923), Ralf König (1960), Frank Schätzing (1957), Edith Hamilton (1867), and Kerstin Gier (1966).