WRITER

Hans Magnus Enzensberger

1929 - 2022

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Hans Magnus Enzensberger (11 November 1929 – 24 November 2022) was a German author, poet, translator, and editor. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Andreas Thalmayr, Elisabeth Ambras, Linda Quilt and Giorgio Pellizzi. Enzensberger was regarded as one of the literary founding figures of the Federal Republic of Germany and wrote more than 70 books, with works translated into 40 languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Magnus Enzensberger has received more than 266,733 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Hans Magnus Enzensberger is the 1,165th most popular writer (down from 1,081st in 2019), the 1,165th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,080th in 2019) and the 74th most popular German Writer.

Hans Magnus Enzensberger is most famous for his poetry, which is often satirical and ironic.

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  • 3.75

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hans Magnus Enzensberger ranks 1,165 out of 7,302. Before him are Forough Farrokhzad, Alcman, Rosalía de Castro, Aleksis Kivi, Deepak Chopra, and Sankardev. After him are Gottfried Benn, Mercè Rodoreda, Polyaenus, Bāṇabhaṭṭa, Ugo Foscolo, and E. Howard Hunt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Hans Magnus Enzensberger ranks 92. Before him are Francis Gary Powers, Gaston Glock, Nikolai Ryzhkov, Claes Oldenburg, Alfred Moisiu, and Isabel Sarli. After him are Nicolai Ghiaurov, Fernanda Montenegro, Lorenzo Buffon, Stirling Moss, Michael Atiyah, and Chespirito. Among people deceased in 2022, Hans Magnus Enzensberger ranks 66. Before him are Siniša Mihajlović, Ricardo Bofill, Jean-Jacques Sempé, Kirstie Alley, Claes Oldenburg, and Ivana Trump. After him are Teresa Berganza, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Klaus Schulze, Boris Pahor, Cüneyt Arkın, and Javier Marías.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Magnus Enzensberger ranks 1,165 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Jakob Froberger (1616), Johann van Beethoven (1740), Sigmund Jähn (1937), James Mayer de Rothschild (1792), Pascual Jordan (1902), and Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826). After him are Gottfried Benn (1886), Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575), Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856), Alfred Krupp (1812), and Johann Elert Bode (1747).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Hans Magnus Enzensberger ranks 74. Before him are Georg Kaiser (1878), Alfred Brehm (1829), Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887), Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426), August von Kotzebue (1761), and Friedrich Maximilian Klinger (1752). After him are Gottfried Benn (1886), Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), Radegund (518), Theodor Storm (1817), Johann Peter Eckermann (1792), and Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586).

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