WRITER

Hans Fallada

1893 - 1947

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Hans Fallada (German: [hans ˈfa.la.da] ; born Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen; 21 July 1893 – 5 February 1947) was a German writer of the first half of the 20th century. Some of his better known novels include Little Man, What Now? (1932) and Every Man Dies Alone (1947). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Fallada has received more than 402,019 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Fallada is the 892nd most popular writer (down from 808th in 2019), the 843rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 787th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular German Writer.

Hans Fallada is most famous for his novel, Alone in Berlin, which was published in 1947.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

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  • 62.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

An old heart goes a-journeying
1936
Jeder stirbt für sich allein
1948
Kleiner Mann, was nun?
19324 / 5
Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben
1931
Wer einmal aus dem Blechnapf frisst
1934
Wolf unter Wölfen
1937

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hans Fallada ranks 892 out of 7,302. Before him are Jorge Semprún, Marilyn vos Savant, Cormac McCarthy, Julien Green, Silius Italicus, and Kobayashi Issa. After him are Tukaram, Ben Jonson, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Eugène Scribe, Daniel Goleman, and Roger Zelazny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Hans Fallada ranks 38. Before him are Andrés Segovia, Juana Bormann, Miroslav Krleža, Edward G. Robinson, Viktor Shklovsky, and Leslie Howard. After him are Walter Baade, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Lili Boulanger, Mae West, Lillian Gish, and Ana Pauker. Among people deceased in 1947, Hans Fallada ranks 39. Before him are Qazi Muhammad, Irving Fisher, Pierre Janet, Bugsy Siegel, Josephine Bakhita, and Luigi Russolo. After him are Albert Marquet, Manolete, Herbert Backe, Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, and Karel Čurda.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Fallada ranks 843 out of 7,253. Before him are Karlheinz Böhm (1928), Friedrich Mohs (1773), Felix Magath (1953), Johann Deisenhofer (1943), Hugo Junkers (1859), and Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521). After him are Caroline of Brunswick (1768), Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792), Gottfried Semper (1803), Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801), Richard Baer (1911), and Georg Bednorz (1950).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Hans Fallada ranks 52. Before him are Theodor Fontane (1819), Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724), Thietmar of Merseburg (975), Frank Wedekind (1864), Peter Weiss (1916), and Bernhard Schlink (1944). After him are Stefan George (1868), Achim von Arnim (1781), Anna Seghers (1900), Joost van den Vondel (1587), Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622), and W. G. Sebald (1944).

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