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WRITER

Günter Kunert

1929 - 2019

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Günter Kunert (German: [ˈɡʏn.tɐ ˈkʊ.nɐt] ; 6 March 1929 – 21 September 2019) was a German writer. Based in East Berlin, he published poetry from 1947, supported by Bertold Brecht. After he had signed a petition against the deprivation of the citizenship of Wolf Biermann in 1976, he lost his SED membership, and moved to the West two years later. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Günter Kunert has received more than 55,895 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Günter Kunert is the 4,832nd most popular writer (down from 3,970th in 2019), the 4,249th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,512th in 2019) and the 285th most popular German Writer.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Günter Kunert ranks 4,832 out of 5,755. Before him are George Crabbe, Candace Bushnell, Mark Aldanov, Emmanuel Roblès, Johan Falkberget, and Guzal Sitdikova. After him are Aleksei Arbuzov, László Németh, Peter Ackroyd, Ricardo Güiraldes, Władysław Broniewski, and Edoardo Sanguineti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Günter Kunert ranks 362. Before him are Arthur Barnard, Betty Carter, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Rafael Chimishkyan, Igor Novikov, and Acker Bilk. After him are Girija Devi, Ken McGregor, Jerry Hardin, Amar Bose, Francis Bebey, and Kazimierz Kutz. Among people deceased in 2019, Günter Kunert ranks 332. Before him are Jaegwon Kim, Bob Einstein, Göran Malmqvist, Ken Kavanagh, Stoyanka Mutafova, and Carolee Schneemann. After him are Gianni De Michelis, François Weyergans, Martin Lauer, José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Miguel León-Portilla, and Imata Kabua.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Günter Kunert ranks 4,249 out of 6,142. Before him are Princess Marie of Baden (1834), Karl Moritz Schumann (1851), Gustav Fischer (1848), Johannes Wislicenus (1835), Harry Benjamin (1885), and Theodor von Heuglin (1824). After him are Michael May (1934), Peter Gilmore (1931), Heinz Strehl (1938), Rainer Brüderle (1945), Lothar Späth (1937), and Veronica Ferres (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Günter Kunert ranks 285. Before him are Fritz von Unruh (1885), Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750), Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (1744), Wilferd Madelung (1930), E. Marlitt (1825), and Jakob van Hoddis (1887). After him are Joseph Meyer (1796), August Spies (1855), Horst Faas (1933), Adolf Bartels (1862), Günther Jauch (1956), and Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934).

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