WRITER

Hans Werner Richter

1908 - 1993

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Hans Werner Richter (12 November 1908 – 23 March 1993) was a German writer. Born the son of a fisherman in Neu Sallenthin on the island of Usedom, Richter worked first in a bookshop in Swinemünde (now Świnoujście in Poland) and later moved to Berlin. He fought in World War II and was taken prisoner in 1943. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Werner Richter has received more than 34,107 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Werner Richter is the 4,759th most popular writer (down from 4,455th in 2019), the 4,522nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,033rd in 2019) and the 283rd most popular German Writer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.71

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hans Werner Richter ranks 4,759 out of 7,302. Before him are Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, Nigâr Hanım, Louise Otto-Peters, Lucius Shepard, Edward James, and Milo Yiannopoulos. After him are Zeruya Shalev, Sue Grafton, Mikhail Kheraskov, Graciliano Ramos, R. J. Palacio, and Dun Karm Psaila.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Hans Werner Richter ranks 276. Before him are Vivian Fuchs, Franco Rol, Buddy Ebsen, Rostislav Plyatt, Jill Esmond, and Simonne Mathieu. After him are Enrique Peralta Azurdia, Jack Gilford, Théodore Nouwens, Kazuo Hasegawa, Eve Arden, and Odette Bancilhon. Among people deceased in 1993, Hans Werner Richter ranks 194. Before him are James Donald, Štefan Uher, Anne Shirley, Ivan Kozlovsky, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, and Jean Cau. After him are Edivaldo Martins Fonseca, Mario Genta, Sven Thofelt, John Hersey, Héctor De Bourgoing, and Alfred Manessier.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Werner Richter ranks 4,522 out of 7,253. Before him are Rainer Woelki (1956), Oswald Teichmüller (1913), Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818), Gabriele Seyfert (1948), Karl Knies (1821), and Reiner Knizia (1957). After him are Paul Hermann (1646), Gerhard Rohlfs (1892), Aleida Assmann (1947), Michael Gwisdek (1942), Peter Scholl-Latour (1924), and Mirjam Pressler (1940).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Hans Werner Richter ranks 283. Before him are Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (1948), Friedrich von Hagedorn (1708), Ludwig Bechstein (1801), Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867), Joseph Meyer (1796), and Louise Otto-Peters (1819). After him are Peter Scholl-Latour (1924), Mirjam Pressler (1940), Wolfgang Koeppen (1906), Cordelia Edvardson (1929), Marie Hankel (1844), and Reiner Kunze (1933).

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