WRITER

Gudrun Pausewang

1928 - 2020

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Gudrun Pausewang (3 March 1928 – 23 January 2020), less commonly known by her married name, Gudrun Wilcke, was a German author of children's and young adult literature. She was known for books such as The Last Children of Schewenborn and Die Wolke (The Cloud, published in English under the title Fall-Out) which became part of the German school canon. Her key interests included peace and protection of the environment, and she warned of the alleged dangers of nuclear energy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gudrun Pausewang has received more than 70,991 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Gudrun Pausewang is the 4,451st most popular writer (down from 3,771st in 2019), the 550th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 448th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Czech Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 71k

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  • 49.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Wolke
Accidents, Nuclear power plants, Fiction
1994
Guadalupe
1970
La Nube
2001
Reise im August
Concentration camps, Jews, Juvenile fiction
1992
Die Wolke
1989
Traitor
Prisoners of war, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
During the closing months of World War II, a German teen named Anna makes a terrible discovery. An escaped Russian prisoner of war is hiding in her family’s barn. If she turns the man in, he’ll be shot. Anna can’t bring herself to cause another person’s death—especially when she’s already questioning the Nazi regime. Instead, she hides the prisoner, making herself a traitor to the Third Reich. As the tension builds, Anna must evade discovery, knowing that even her own brother will turn her in if he finds out her secret. A stunning conclusion drives home the horror of war and the consequences of Anna’s decision.
2006

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Gudrun Pausewang ranks 4,451 out of 7,302. Before her are Rosemary Sutcliff, Quentin Crisp, Arthur Ransome, Olaf Bull, Sāyaṇa, and Ariel Dorfman. After her are Severus Sanctus Endelechius, Jan Myrdal, Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, Einar Benediktsson, Helen Thomas, and Dai Sijie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Gudrun Pausewang ranks 361. Before her are Miguel Poblet, Ruth Westheimer, François Remetter, Charles David Keeling, Michel Brault, and Nelson Pereira dos Santos. After her are Frank Rosenblatt, Paul Dooley, Türkân Akyol, Jürgen Moser, Mário Pinto de Andrade, and Christian d'Oriola. Among people deceased in 2020, Gudrun Pausewang ranks 365. Before her are Ahmed Laraki, Yuri Bondarev, Wolfgang Uhlmann, John D. Barrow, Gergely Kulcsár, and Jerry Sloan. After her are Jan Myrdal, Giorgi Shengelaia, Inna Makarova, Murad Wilfried Hofmann, Allen Garfield, and Tom Lister Jr..

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Gudrun Pausewang ranks 550 out of 1,200. Before her are Peter Ducke (1941), Roderich Menzel (1907), Jaroslav Burgr (1906), Ehrenfried Patzel (1914), Ignaz Brüll (1846), and Julius Pokorny (1887). After her are Oldřich Lipský (1924), Ladislav Mňačko (1919), Jaromír Weinberger (1896), Ferdinand Albin Pax (1858), Bohumil Kubišta (1884), and Kurt Raab (1941).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Gudrun Pausewang ranks 61. Before her are Josef Kajetán Tyl (1808), Julius Zeyer (1841), František Langer (1888), Jan Blahoslav (1523), Ladislav Fuks (1923), and Roderich Menzel (1907). After her are Ladislav Mňačko (1919), Ivan Olbracht (1882), Eliška Krásnohorská (1847), Bohuslav Balbín (1621), Svatopluk Čech (1846), and Patrik Ouředník (1957).

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