WRITER

Johann Nestroy

1801 - 1862

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Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy (German: [ˈnɛstrɔɪ̯]; 7 December 1801 – 25 May 1862) was a singer, actor and playwright in the popular Austrian tradition of the Biedermeier period and its immediate aftermath. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Nestroy has received more than 105,061 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Johann Nestroy is the 2,256th most popular writer (up from 2,305th in 2019), the 495th most popular biography from Austria (up from 510th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Austrian Writer.

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  • 55.30

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Komo dien
Werke
Sämtliche Werke
Austrian Dramatists, Correspondence
Komödien
Freiheit in Krähwinkel
Gesammelte werke

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johann Nestroy ranks 2,256 out of 7,302Before him are Pjetër Bogdani, Mukaghali Makatayev, Eric Knight, Francesc Eiximenis, Georges Ohnet, and Simon Dach. After him are Édouard Drumont, Ğabdulla Tuqay, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Alois Jirásek, Inger Christensen, and Saigyō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Johann Nestroy ranks 35Before him are David Farragut, Marie Laveau, Karl Baedeker, Justo José de Urquiza, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, and Henri Labrouste. After him are Julius Plücker, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Salvadore Cammarano, Fredrika Bremer, Armand Trousseau, and Émile Littré. Among people deceased in 1862, Johann Nestroy ranks 24Before him are Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Simon Fraser, Jeanne Duval, Ludwig Uhland, Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, and Peter Barlow. After him are Carl Ludwig Blume, Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz, Justinus Kerner, Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, and Ignacio Zaragoza.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Johann Nestroy ranks 495 out of 1,424Before him are Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein (1690), Ernst Krenek (1900), Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria (1629), Richard Gerstl (1883), Freddy Quinn (1931), and Frederick III, Duke of Austria (1347). After him are Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. (1855), Robert Fuchs (1847), Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria (1576), Clemens von Pirquet (1874), August Eigruber (1907), and Joseph Anton Koch (1768).

Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Johann Nestroy ranks 36Before him are Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874), Eva Schloss (1929), Gitta Sereny (1921), Raul Hilberg (1926), and Pauline von Metternich (1836). After him are Marlen Haushofer (1920), Ulrich von Liechtenstein (1200), Ilse Aichinger (1921), Heimito von Doderer (1896), Dezső Kosztolányi (1885), and Paula von Preradović (1887).