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 55,427 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Günter Kunert is the 4,978th most popular writer (down from 4,815th in 2019), the 4,664th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,235th in 2019) and the 302nd most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 55k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Im Namen der Hüte
1967
Der alte Mann spricht mit seiner Seele
Translations into English, Translations into Irish
2006
Erwachsenenspiele
German Authors, Biography
1997
Offener Ausgang
1975
Die Schreie der Fledermäuse
1979
Der Mittelpunkt der Erde
1975

Page views of Günter Kunerts by language

Over the past year Günter Kunert has had the most page views in the with 17,794 views, followed by English (4,734), and Arabic (1,068). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (62.96%), Finnish (46.97%), and Saterland Frisian (37.89%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Günter Kunert ranks 4,978 out of 7,302. Before him are Jakob van Hoddis, William Dean Howells, Umihana Čuvidina, A. E. Housman, Karl Wilhelm Ramler, and Klabund. After him are Jan Kasprowicz, Hellmuth Karasek, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Károly Kisfaludy, Platon Oyunsky, and Fernando Vallejo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Günter Kunert ranks 378. Before him are Bruno Junk, Francis Bebey, Rajkumar, Ignacio Velasco, George Moscone, and Gerry Anderson. After him are Dilara Aliyeva, Nathalia Timberg, Eliseo Prado, Elizabeth Spriggs, Beverly Sills, and Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro. Among people deceased in 2019, Günter Kunert ranks 341. Before him are Egisto Pandolfini, Inger Berggren, Blanca Fernández Ochoa, Zlatko Škorić, Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina, and Verna Bloom. After him are Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Ilaria Occhini, Raymond Leppard, Gjermund Eggen, Ora Namir, and Jessica Jaymes.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Günter Kunert ranks 4,664 out of 7,253. Before him are Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874), Ingrid Becker (1942), Reinhold Schünzel (1886), Louis Wirth (1897), Anneliese Rothenberger (1926), and Jakob van Hoddis (1887). After him are Melchior Vulpius (1570), Max Raabe (1962), August W. Eichler (1839), Rüdiger Abramczik (1956), Dieter Henrich (1927), and Diana Damrau (1971).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Günter Kunert ranks 302. Before him are Heinrich Christian Boie (1744), Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815), Mira Lobe (1913), Mato Kósyk (1853), Adolf Brand (1874), and Jakob van Hoddis (1887). After him are Johann Gottfried Seume (1763), Wolf Erlbruch (1948), Hermann Kant (1926), Heinrich Zschokke (1771), Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750), and Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916).

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