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WRITER

Jakob van Hoddis

1887 - 1942

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Jakob van Hoddis (16 May 1887 – May/June 1942) was the pen name of the Jewish German expressionist poet Hans Davidsohn, of which "Van Hoddis" is an anagram. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jakob van Hoddis has received more than 45,713 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jakob van Hoddis is the 4,783rd most popular writer (down from 4,007th in 2019), the 4,227th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,548th in 2019) and the 284th most popular German Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jakob van Hoddis ranks 4,783 out of 5,755. Before him are Nicolaas Beets, Hulda Garborg, Greg Egan, Kathy Acker, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, and David E. Kelley. After him are Françoise Mallet-Joris, John Varley, Kiki Dimoula, Robert Greene, Shrilal Shukla, and Eugene Znosko-Borovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Jakob van Hoddis ranks 208. Before him are Al Ernest Garcia, Nils Middelboe, David Keilin, Ivan Kavaleridze, Reginald Owen, and Albert Gutterson. After him are Barnes Wallis, Arvo Ylppö, Giorgio Zampori, Hedwig Kohn, Jacob L. Devers, and Sid Kimpton. Among people deceased in 1942, Jakob van Hoddis ranks 184. Before him are Stanisław Zaremba, Louis Borno, Pranas Dovydaitis, Oskari Mantere, May Robson, and Herbert Selpin. After him are Ioannis Malokinis, Hermann Harms, Hernando Siles Reyes, William Henry Young, Marcellin Boule, and Belisario Porras Barahona.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jakob van Hoddis ranks 4,227 out of 6,142. Before him are Rudolf Harbig (1913), Juliane Köhler (1965), Karin Baal (1940), Ellen Braumüller (1910), Ümit Davala (1973), and Tré Cool (1972). After him are Peter Frenkel (1939), Rainer Woelki (1956), Alfred Bohrmann (1904), Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1815), Paul Peter Ewald (1888), and Johann Christoph Wendland (1755).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Jakob van Hoddis ranks 284. Before him are Georg Calixtus (1586), Fritz von Unruh (1885), Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750), Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (1744), Wilferd Madelung (1930), and E. Marlitt (1825). After him are Günter Kunert (1929), Joseph Meyer (1796), August Spies (1855), Horst Faas (1933), Adolf Bartels (1862), and Günther Jauch (1956).

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