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Hermann Broch

1886 - 1951

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Hermann Broch (German: [bʁɔx]; 1 November 1886 – 30 May 1951) was an Austrian writer, best known for two major works of modernist fiction: The Sleepwalkers (Die Schlafwandler, 1930–32) and The Death of Virgil (Der Tod des Vergil, 1945). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Broch has received more than 247,380 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Broch is the 609th most popular writer (up from 652nd in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from Austria (up from 160th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Austrian Writer.

Hermann Broch was a novelist and philosopher who was most famous for his novel, The Sleepwalkers.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hermann Broch ranks 609 out of 5,755. Before him are Ludwig Tieck, Anne Rice, Walther von der Vogelweide, Ivar Aasen, Novatian, and Alexander Herzen. After him are Harry Martinson, Al-Zamakhshari, Bai Juyi, Karl Kraus, Ivan Krylov, and Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Hermann Broch ranks 25. Before him are Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Gotthard Heinrici, George Mallory, Theodor Morell, Erich Hoepner, and Zhu De. After him are Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Jan Masaryk, Hugo Ball, and Robert Robinson. Among people deceased in 1951, Hermann Broch ranks 12. Before him are Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Abdullah I of Jordan, Arnold Sommerfeld, René Guénon, and Otto Fritz Meyerhof. After him are Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, August Horch, Otto Ohlendorf, Maxim Litvinov, Alfred Hugenberg, and Sinclair Lewis.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Hermann Broch ranks 154 out of 1,237. Before him are Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857), Heinz Fischer (1938), Walther von der Vogelweide (1170), Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1351), Richard Kuhn (1900), and Nikola IV Zrinski (1508). After him are Maria Mandl (1912), Franz Stangl (1908), Helmut Marko (1943), Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (1842), Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1718), and Fritz Kreisler (1875).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Hermann Broch ranks 15. Before him are Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888), Paula Hitler (1896), Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), Georg Trakl (1887), Gustav Meyrink (1868), and Walther von der Vogelweide (1170). After him are Edward Bernays (1891), Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797), Miep Gies (1909), Ingeborg Bachmann (1926), Božena Němcová (1820), and Otto of Freising (1114).

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