WRITER

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

1874 - 1929

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Hugo Laurenz August Hofmann von Hofmannsthal (German: [ˈhuːɡo fɔn ˈhoːfmanstaːl] ; 1 February 1874 – 15 July 1929) was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo von Hofmannsthal has received more than 443,938 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Hugo von Hofmannsthal is the 606th most popular writer (down from 519th in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Austria (down from 130th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Austrian Writer.

Hugo von Hofmannsthal is most famous for his poem "The Lord's Prayer" and the libretto for Richard Strauss's opera "Der Rosenkavalier."

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  • 47

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  • 5.71

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  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hugo von Hofmannsthal ranks 606 out of 7,302. Before him are Lion Feuchtwanger, Karl Kraus, Judah Halevi, Pierre Loti, Dimitrie Cantemir, and Erich Kästner. After him are John Irving, Elisabeth of Wied, Columella, Alexander Herzen, Stieg Larsson, and Madame Roland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Hugo von Hofmannsthal ranks 25. Before him are Nikolai Berdyaev, G. K. Chesterton, Talaat Pasha, W. Somerset Maugham, August Krogh, and Karl Kraus. After him are Ernest Shackleton, Konstantin Päts, Nicholas Roerich, Reinhold Glière, Antanas Smetona, and Inessa Armand. Among people deceased in 1929, Hugo von Hofmannsthal ranks 13. Before him are Bernhard von Bülow, Prince Maximilian of Baden, Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Emile Berliner, Sergei Diaghilev, and Aby Warburg. After him are Otto Liman von Sanders, Émile Loubet, Thorstein Veblen, Maria Christina of Austria, Mercédès Jellinek, and Wyatt Earp.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Hugo von Hofmannsthal ranks 138 out of 1,424. Before him are Mariana of Austria (1634), Richard Kuhn (1900), Franz Stangl (1908), Amon Göth (1908), Frederick the Fair (1289), and Hermann Broch (1886). After him are Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (1559), Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1746), Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria (1750), Ernst Gombrich (1909), Edward Bernays (1891), and Michael Haydn (1737).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Hugo von Hofmannsthal ranks 13. Before him are Peter Drucker (1909), Arthur Schnitzler (1862), Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797), Gustav Meyrink (1868), Georg Trakl (1887), and Hermann Broch (1886). After him are Edward Bernays (1891), Walther von der Vogelweide (1170), Otto of Freising (1114), Klaus Ebner (1964), Franz Grillparzer (1791), and Ingeborg Bachmann (1926).

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