WRITER

Ingeborg Bachmann

1926 - 1973

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Ingeborg Bachmann (Austrian German: [ˈɪŋəbɔrɡ ˈbaxman]; 25 June 1926 – 17 October 1973) was an Austrian poet and author. She is regarded as one of the major voices of German-language literature in the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ingeborg Bachmann has received more than 433,867 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Ingeborg Bachmann is the 840th most popular writer (down from 763rd in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from Austria (down from 199th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Austrian Writer.

Ingeborg Bachmann is most famous for her novel "The Piano Teacher" which is about a woman who is a piano teacher and also has a love affair with one of her students.

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  • 63.07

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  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Der gute Gott von Manhattan
1958
Simultan
1972
Das dreissigste Jahr
1961
Die gestundete Zeit
1957
Malina
1971
"Todesarten"-Projekt
1995

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ingeborg Bachmann ranks 840 out of 7,302. Before her are Bacchylides, Adunis, Dubravka Ugrešić, Thietmar of Merseburg, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, and Tibor Sekelj. After her are Miroslav Krleža, Julian Barnes, Vittoria Colonna, Robert van Gulik, Heliodorus of Emesa, and Juliette Récamier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Ingeborg Bachmann ranks 54. Before her are David Attenborough, Vivian Maier, Ingrid Thulin, Clifford Geertz, Richard Crenna, and Harry Dean Stanton. After her are George Martin, Henry Way Kendall, Tony Bennett, Maria Schell, Shohei Imamura, and Masatoshi Koshiba. Among people deceased in 1973, Ingeborg Bachmann ranks 46. Before her are Amílcar Cabral, François Cevert, Taha Hussein, A. S. Neill, Lex Barker, and Dickinson W. Richards. After her are W. H. Auden, Edward G. Robinson, Elsa Schiaparelli, Frances Marion, Frank Costello, and Howard H. Aiken.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ingeborg Bachmann ranks 206 out of 1,424. Before her are Jörg Haider (1950), Otto Neurath (1882), Franz Grillparzer (1791), Karl Böhm (1894), Leopold I, Duke of Austria (1290), and Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553). After her are Karl Thomas Mozart (1784), Joseph Joachim (1831), Frederick II, Duke of Austria (1211), Leopold VI, Duke of Austria (1176), Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871), and Maria Theresa of Austria (1816).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Ingeborg Bachmann ranks 19. Before her are Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), Edward Bernays (1891), Walther von der Vogelweide (1170), Otto of Freising (1114), Klaus Ebner (1964), and Franz Grillparzer (1791). After her are Božena Němcová (1820), Miep Gies (1909), August Kubizek (1888), Christine Nöstlinger (1936), Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797), and Joseph Mohr (1792).

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