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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 249,647 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Hans Magnus Enzensberger is the 1,083rd most popular writer (down from 1,035th in 2019), the 1,080th most popular biography from Germany (down from 968th in 2019) and the 67th most popular German Writer.

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

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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.50

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  • 3.58

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hans Magnus Enzensberger ranks 1,083 out of 5,755Before him are Heinrich Kramer, Nikolay Nekrasov, August Kubizek, Roberto Bolaño, Nora Roberts, and Rosamunde Pilcher. After him are Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Patrick White, Vidyapati, Joost van den Vondel, Radegund, and Henri Michaux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Hans Magnus Enzensberger ranks 80Before him are Jean-Joseph Sanfourche, Alfred Moisiu, Nikolai Ryzhkov, Ágnes Heller, Vera Miles, and Chadli Bendjedid. After him are Gordon Moore, Hebe Camargo, Ed Asner, Andriyan Nikolayev, Michael Atiyah, and Christos Sartzetakis. Among people deceased in 2022, Hans Magnus Enzensberger ranks 65Before him are Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Mylène Demongeot, Ivica Osim, Wim Jansen, Ivan Reitman, and Jacques Perrin. After him are Ray Liotta, James Lovelock, Christos Sartzetakis, Robert Curl, Eric Walter Elst, and Antonio Inoki.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Magnus Enzensberger ranks 1,080 out of 6,142Before him are Lale Andersen (1905), Karl Bühler (1879), Wilhelm Gustloff (1895), Carl Reinecke (1824), Johann Deisenhofer (1943), and Walter Baade (1893). After him are Wilhelm Tempel (1821), Anna of Saxony (1544), Peter Sloterdijk (1947), John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604), Carsten Niebuhr (1733), and Joost van den Vondel (1587).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Hans Magnus Enzensberger ranks 67Before him are Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887), Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622), Bernhard Schlink (1944), Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), Ernst Barlach (1870), and Alfred Brehm (1829). After him are Joost van den Vondel (1587), Radegund (518), Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), Hrotsvitha (935), Charles De Coster (1827), and Theodor Storm (1817).