WRITER

Irmtraud Morgner

1933 - 1990

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Irmtraud Morgner (22 August 1933 – 6 May 1990) was a German writer, best known for works of magical realism concerned predominantly with the role of gender in East German society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irmtraud Morgner has received more than 25,455 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Irmtraud Morgner is the 5,772nd most popular writer (down from 5,485th in 2019), the 5,189th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,657th in 2019) and the 343rd most popular German Writer.

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  • 25k

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  • 45.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Irmtraud Morgner ranks 5,772 out of 7,302. Before her are Shahrnush Parsipur, Javed Akhtar, Julian Symons, Ulrich Plenzdorf, Daniel Pearl, and Nigella Lawson. After her are Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, Jhumpa Lahiri, Florian Zeller, Mirvarid Dilbazi, Leyla Erbil, and Steven Saylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Irmtraud Morgner ranks 439. Before her are Hiroshi Suzuki, Joe Orton, Jean Graczyk, Leonid Bartenyev, Vincenzo Consolo, and Caroll Spinney. After her are Yuri Chesnokov, Stefano Rodotà, John Hopfield, Seydou Diarra, Peter Arundell, and Valentina Rastvorova. Among people deceased in 1990, Irmtraud Morgner ranks 266. Before her are František Douda, Mahmoud Namjoo, Ettore Giannini, Mohamed Latif, Çetin Zeybek, and Alice Marble. After her are Ramón Piñeiro López, Petar Šegvić, Albert Salmi, Marino Morettini, Xosé María Díaz Castro, and Minoru Honda.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Irmtraud Morgner ranks 5,189 out of 7,253. Before her are Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934), Nico Hülkenberg (1987), Hieronymous Theodor Richter (1824), Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (1942), Carsten Ramelow (1974), and Mille Petrozza (1967). After her are Wilhelm Müller (1909), Katharine Cornell (1893), Toni Merkens (1912), Friedhelm Funkel (1953), Justus von Dohnányi (1960), and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (1989).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Irmtraud Morgner ranks 343. Before her are H. A. Rey (1898), Walter Moers (1957), Erwin Strittmatter (1912), Ralf König (1960), Kito Lorenc (1938), and Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934). After her are Marina Lewycka (1946), Fredric Wertham (1895), Gert Hofmann (1931), Wilhelm Genazino (1943), Timur Vermes (1967), and Monika Maron (1941).

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