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Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen

1622 - 1676

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Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621/22 – 17 August 1676) was one of the most notable German authors of the 17th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen has received more than 160,760 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen is the 928th most popular writer (up from 967th in 2019), the 894th most popular biography from Germany (up from 944th in 2019) and the 57th most popular German Writer.

Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen is most famous for his novel Simplicius Simplicissimus, which is a satire of the Thirty Years War.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen ranks 928 out of 7,302. Before him are James May, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Miep Gies, Lucius Accius, Vinicius de Moraes, and Joost van den Vondel. After him are Ann Radcliffe, W. G. Sebald, Aimé Césaire, Thomas Pynchon, Jean de La Bruyère, and Mirza Fatali Akhundov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1622, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen ranks 5. Before him are Molière, Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Carel Fabritius, and Vincenzo Viviani. After him are Bernhardus Varenius, Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Vittoria della Rovere, Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Juan de Valdés Leal, Karel Dujardin, and Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach. Among people deceased in 1676, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen ranks 7. Before him are Pope Clement X, Alexis of Russia, Sabbatai Zevi, Michiel de Ruyter, Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, and Francesco Cavalli. After him are Madame de Brinvilliers, Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg, and Paul Gerhardt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen ranks 894 out of 7,253. Before him are Florian Geyer (1490), Saloninus (242), Fritz Haarmann (1879), Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927), Philip William, Elector Palatine (1615), and Joost van den Vondel (1587). After him are W. G. Sebald (1944), Eduard Künneke (1885), Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370), Gudrun Ensslin (1940), Götz von Berlichingen (1480), and Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (1120).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen ranks 57. Before him are Bernhard Schlink (1944), Hans Fallada (1893), Stefan George (1868), Achim von Arnim (1781), Anna Seghers (1900), and Joost van den Vondel (1587). After him are W. G. Sebald (1944), Hans Sachs (1494), Kurt Eisner (1867), Tannhäuser (1205), Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), and Christoph Martin Wieland (1733).

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