WRITER

Gertrud von Le Fort

1876 - 1971

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The Baroness Gertrud von Le Fort (full name Gertrud Auguste Lina Elsbeth Mathilde Petrea Freiin von Le Fort; 11 October 1876 – 1 November 1971) was a German writer of novels, poems and essays. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gertrud von Le Fort has received more than 55,250 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Gertrud von Le Fort is the 2,610th most popular writer (up from 2,729th in 2019), the 2,757th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,839th in 2019) and the 170th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 55k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Die ewige Frau
Women, Women and religion, Women in Christianity
1962
Hymnen an die Kirche
German Hymns
1936
Letzte am Schafott
Carmelite Nuns, Catholics, Discalced Carmelite Nuns
1933
Das Schweisstuch der Veronika
1949
Die Consolata
1947
Der Papst aus dem Ghetto
Fiction
1930

Page views of Gertrud von Le Forts by language

Over the past year Gertrud von Le Fort has had the most page views in the with 14,270 views, followed by English (6,655), and French (3,723). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Welsh (82.84%), Basque (51.74%), and Polish (49.34%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gertrud von Le Fort ranks 2,610 out of 7,302. Before her are Paschasius Radbertus, Banana Yoshimoto, Tobias Smollett, Mohammed Hussein Heikal, Sima Tan, and Josef Jungmann. After her are Georg Herwegh, Ivan Mažuranić, Mihail Sadoveanu, Varro Atacinus, Terry Goodkind, and Vladimir Sorokin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Gertrud von Le Fort ranks 88. Before her are Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, Lev Berg, William Sealy Gosset, Claude Farrère, Agustín Pedro Justo, and Friedrich Traun. After her are Thomas Hicks, Mieczysław Karłowicz, Sibilla Aleramo, Ivane Javakhishvili, Joseph M. Schenck, and Ahn Changho. Among people deceased in 1971, Gertrud von Le Fort ranks 83. Before her are Amet-khan Sultan, Georgi Asparuhov, Joseph Valachi, Georgy Babakin, Mikhail Yangel, and Bella Darvi. After her are Vikram Sarabhai, Mikhail Romm, Wasfi Tal, Shigeyoshi Suzuki, Otto Lasch, and James Alberione.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gertrud von Le Fort ranks 2,757 out of 7,253. Before her are Stefan Bellof (1957), Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1850), Andreas Werckmeister (1645), Poppo von Osterna (1200), Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia (1865), and Max Skladanowsky (1863). After her are Georg Herwegh (1817), Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach (1875), Max Pauly (1907), Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1887), Karl Koch (1809), and Justinus Kerner (1786).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Gertrud von Le Fort ranks 170. Before her are Dorothea von Schlegel (1764), George Mosse (1918), Wilhelm Worringer (1881), Friedrich Spee (1591), Johann Froben (1460), and Karl Gutzkow (1811). After her are Georg Herwegh (1817), Günter Wallraff (1942), Waldemar Bonsels (1880), Matthias Claudius (1740), Gustav Schwab (1792), and Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808).

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