WRITER

James Krüss

1926 - 1997

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James Krüss (31 May 1926 – 2 August 1997) was a German writer of children's and picture books, illustrator, poet, dramatist, scriptwriter, translator, and collector of children's poems and folk songs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Krüss has received more than 57,750 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. James Krüss is the 4,089th most popular writer (down from 3,739th in 2019), the 4,065th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,572nd in 2019) and the 246th most popular German Writer.

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  • 58k

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  • 50.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, James Krüss ranks 4,089 out of 7,302. Before him are Alexander Kazbegi, Ana Maria Machado, Karel Píč, Arkady Averchenko, İbrahim Şinasi, and Saadat Hasan Manto. After him are Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, Eric Frank Russell, David Crane, T. C. Boyle, Lilian Jackson Braun, and Petrus Borel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, James Krüss ranks 271. Before him are William Porter, Ri Kun-mo, Ljubiša Spajić, Ludvík Vaculík, Gurgen Dalibaltayan, and Christine Jorgensen. After him are Rodolfo Pini, Betsy Palmer, Miguel Obando y Bravo, Geoffrey Howe, Fred Gwynne, and Richard Jaeckel. Among people deceased in 1997, James Krüss ranks 183. Before him are Shinichi Hoshi, Billy Bremner, Juan Burgueño, Heikki A. Alikoski, Tamara Tyshkevich, and Bozorg Alavi. After him are Alfredo II, Heikki Savolainen, Jurek Becker, Kathy Acker, Edmond Leburton, and Daniil Shafran.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, James Krüss ranks 4,065 out of 7,253. Before him are Konrad Ernst Ackermann (1712), Alfred Bickel (1918), Herbert Wehner (1906), Thomas Schaaf (1961), Benjamin List (1968), and Max Dessoir (1867). After him are Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg (1613), Wolfgang Rihm (1952), Carl Chun (1852), Joachim Hansen (1930), George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1688), and Paul von Hintze (1864).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, James Krüss ranks 246. Before him are Wilferd Madelung (1930), Sarah Kirsch (1935), Hans Carossa (1878), Otto Ludwig (1813), Oskar Maria Graf (1894), and Theodor Plievier (1892). After him are Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg (1613), Emanuel Geibel (1815), Johann Georg von Hahn (1811), Lisa Tetzner (1894), Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680), and Ken Adam (1921).

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