WRITER

Hanns Heinz Ewers

1871 - 1943

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Hanns Heinz Ewers (3 November 1871 – 12 June 1943) was a German actor, poet, philosopher, and writer of short stories and novels. While he wrote on a wide range of subjects, he is now known mainly for his works of horror, particularly his trilogy of novels about the adventures of Frank Braun, a character modeled on himself. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hanns Heinz Ewers has received more than 160,096 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Hanns Heinz Ewers is the 1,990th most popular writer (down from 1,718th in 2019), the 2,120th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,812th in 2019) and the 128th most popular German Writer.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.56

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  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Alraune
Fiction, Supernatural, Paranormal fiction
1926
The Spider
2015
Alraune.
1998
Edgar Allan Poe
2009
Edgar Allan Poe
American Fantasy literature, Appreciation, Fantasy literature, American
1905
Vampir
1921

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hanns Heinz Ewers ranks 1,990 out of 7,302. Before him are Sholem Schwarzbard, Cristóbal de Morales, Ahad Ha'am, Alexander Fadeyev, Terentianus, and Jacques Amyot. After him are Lady Randolph Churchill, Vsevolod Garshin, Cornell Woolrich, Jaume Cabré, Ji Kang, and Yehuda Amichai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Hanns Heinz Ewers ranks 48. Before him are Stephen Crane, Doppo Kunikida, Jovan Dučić, Ovide Decroly, Mariano Fortuny, and Cesare Mori. After him are Camille Huysmans, Guillermo Kahlo, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Fritz Hofmann, Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe, and William Heard Kilpatrick. Among people deceased in 1943, Hanns Heinz Ewers ranks 69. Before him are Jovan Dučić, Fethi Okyar, Hans Woellke, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Ernst Linder, and Johann Trollmann. After him are Hans Jeschonnek, Senjūrō Hayashi, Frank Nitti, Aspazija, Edsel Ford, and Aimo Cajander.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hanns Heinz Ewers ranks 2,120 out of 7,253. Before him are William, Prince of Hohenzollern (1864), Walter Sickert (1860), Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel (1809), Helmuth Plessner (1892), Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1627), and Edmund Heines (1897). After him are Gershon Kingsley (1922), Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony (1730), Judith of Schweinfurt (1003), Yehuda Amichai (1924), Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg (1318), and Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1783).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Hanns Heinz Ewers ranks 128. Before him are Paul Gerhardt (1607), Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797), Handrij Zejler (1804), Wolfgang Borchert (1921), Jordan of Saxony (1190), and Margarete Buber-Neumann (1901). After him are Yehuda Amichai (1924), Rudolf Rocker (1873), Carl Zuckmayer (1896), Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773), Joachim Neander (1650), and Rahel Varnhagen (1771).

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