WRITER

Irmgard Keun

1905 - 1982

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Irmgard Keun ([ˈɪʁmɡaʁt ˈkɔɪ̯n]; 6 February 1905 – 5 May 1982) was a German novelist. Noted for her portrayals of the life of women, she is described as "often reduced to the bold sexuality of her writing, [yet] a significant author of the late Weimar period and die Neue Sachlichkeit." She was born into an affluent family and was given the autonomy to explore her passions. After her attempts at acting ended at the age of 16, Keun began working as a writer after years of working in Hamburg and Greifswald. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irmgard Keun has received more than 138,768 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Irmgard Keun is the 3,822nd most popular writer, the 3,834th most popular biography from Germany and the 229th most popular German Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Irmgard Keun ranks 3,822 out of 7,302. Before her are Francis Beaumont, Siamanto, Maurice Paléologue, Blaga Dimitrova, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, and Faizi. After her are Amira Hass, Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano, Mikayil Mushfig, Cui Hao, David Brin, and Janet Frame.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Irmgard Keun ranks 201. Before her are Étienne Mattler, Siaka Stevens, Harold Arlen, Mary Renault, Mario Varglien, and Joel McCrea. After her are Abeid Karume, Lilí Álvarez, André Cluytens, Giuseppe Cavanna, Ernst Baier, and Irawati Karve. Among people deceased in 1982, Irmgard Keun ranks 151. Before her are Gábor Szabó, Gunnar Eriksson, Paolo Monti, Federico Moreno Torroba, Lauri Virtanen, and Karl Hein. After her are Renzo Rossellini, Sonny Stitt, Vladislao Cap, Haskell Curry, Fritz Laband, and Adoniran Barbosa.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Irmgard Keun ranks 3,834 out of 7,253. Before her are Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1805), Friedrich Paulsen (1846), Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1553), Hans Klenk (1919), Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar (1740), and Karl Hein (1908). After her are Otto von Münchhausen (1716), Albert Bassermann (1867), Rudolf von Bünau (1890), Wilhelm Kühne (1837), Ruth Pfau (1929), and Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (1858).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Irmgard Keun ranks 229. Before her are Robert Jungk (1913), Glückel of Hameln (1646), Bruno Apitz (1900), Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807), Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810), and Walter Kempowski (1929). After her are Johann Most (1846), Botho Strauß (1944), Johann Baptist Allgaier (1763), Karoline von Günderrode (1780), Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (1744), and Friedrich von Bodenstedt (1819).

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