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Günter Grass

1927 - 2015

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Günter Grass

His biography is available in 113 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 111 in 2024). Günter Grass is the 133rd most popular writer (up from 135th in 2024), the 14th most popular biography from Poland (down from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Writer.

Günter Grass is most famous for his novel "The Tin Drum" which was published in 1959. It is considered to be one of the most important and influential novels of the 20th century.

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Among Writers

Among writers, Günter Grass ranks 133 out of 7,302. Before him are Ammianus Marcellinus, Apuleius, Sully Prudhomme, Jean de La Fontaine, Ezra Pound, and François Villon. After him are Haruki Murakami, Jean Cocteau, August Strindberg, Charles Bukowski, Jonathan Swift, and Paul Verlaine.

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Ammianus Marcellinus
330 - 395
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 127
Apuleius
125 - 170
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 128
Sully Prudhomme
1839 - 1907
HPI: 80.51
Rank: 129
Jean de La Fontaine
1621 - 1695
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 130
Ezra Pound
1885 - 1972
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 131
François Villon
1431 - 1463
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 132
Günter Grass
1927 - 2015
HPI: 80.42
Rank: 133
Haruki Murakami
1949 - Present
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 134
Jean Cocteau
1889 - 1963
HPI: 80.33
Rank: 135
August Strindberg
1849 - 1912
HPI: 80.30
Rank: 136
Charles Bukowski
1920 - 1994
HPI: 80.23
Rank: 137
Jonathan Swift
1667 - 1745
HPI: 80.20
Rank: 138
Paul Verlaine
1844 - 1896
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 139

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Günter Grass ranks 5. Before him are Pope Benedict XVI, Gabriel García Márquez, Ferenc Puskás, and Bhumibol Adulyadej. After him are Olof Palme, Gina Lollobrigida, K. Alex Müller, F. Sherwood Rowland, Peter Falk, Roger Moore, and Samuel P. Huntington. Among people deceased in 2015, Günter Grass ranks 6. Before him are John Forbes Nash Jr., Lee Kuan Yew, B.B. King, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, and Charles H. Townes. After him are Lemmy, Christopher Lee, Tomas Tranströmer, Nicholas Winton, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, and Demis Roussos.

Others Born in 1927

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Pope Benedict XVI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1927 - 2022
HPI: 93.90
Rank: 1
Gabriel García Márquez
WRITER
1927 - 2014
HPI: 86.19
Rank: 2
Ferenc Puskás
SOCCER PLAYER
1927 - 2006
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 3
Bhumibol Adulyadej
POLITICIAN
1927 - 2016
HPI: 82.52
Rank: 4
Günter Grass
WRITER
1927 - 2015
HPI: 80.42
Rank: 5
Olof Palme
POLITICIAN
1927 - 1986
HPI: 80.20
Rank: 6
Gina Lollobrigida
ACTOR
1927 - 2023
HPI: 79.72
Rank: 7
K. Alex Müller
PHYSICIST
1927 - 2023
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 8
F. Sherwood Rowland
CHEMIST
1927 - 2012
HPI: 77.30
Rank: 9
Peter Falk
ACTOR
1927 - 2011
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 10
Roger Moore
ACTOR
1927 - 2017
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 11
Samuel P. Huntington
POLITICAL SCIENTIST
1927 - 2008
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 12