WRITER

Johann Peter Hebel

1760 - 1826

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Johann Peter Hebel (10 May 1760 – 22 September 1826) was a German short story writer, dialectal poet, Lutheran theologian and pedagogue, most famous for a collection of Alemannic lyric poems (Allemannische Gedichte) and one of German tales (Schatzkästlein des rheinischen Hausfreundes – "Treasure Chest of Rhenish Tales"). Born in Basel, Hebel entered primary school in 1766 and joined a Latin school three years later; he visited the schools in Basel during summer and in Hausen and Schopfheim respectively in the nearby Wiesental during winter. After the death of his mother in 1773, he remained at school, graduating with the help of friends from the Gymnasium illustre of Karlsruhe in 1778 and going on to study theology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Peter Hebel has received more than 108,921 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Johann Peter Hebel is the 2,440th most popular writer (down from 2,239th in 2019), the 249th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 227th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Swiss Writer.

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  • 110k

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  • 54.73

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

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Notable Works

ALEMANNISCHE GEDICHTE
1950
Werke
1853
Allemannische Gedichte
Accessible book
1816
Allemannische Gedichte für Freunde ländlicher Natur und Sitten
1876
Schatzkästlein des rheinischen Hausfreundes
Gift books, Miniature books, Printing
1818
Poetische Werke
1911
Allemannische Gedichte
1816
Schatzkästlein des rheinischen Hausfreundes
Gift books, Miniature books, Printing
1818
Werke
Folklore, Specimens, German poetry
1853
Kalendergeschichten
Der Rheinische Hausfreund, Kalendergeschichte, Aufsatzsammlung
1965
Poetische Werke
1911
Allemannische Gedichte
2018

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Johann Peter Hebel ranks 2,440 out of 7,302. Before him are Eduardo Mendoza Garriga, Miguel Delibes, Mak Dizdar, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ai Qing, and Ikki Kita. After him are Louise Colet, George Meredith, Renée Vivien, Justus of Tiberias, Johann Karl August Musäus, and Petar Preradović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1760, Johann Peter Hebel ranks 17. Before him are August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, Jean-François Le Sueur, Akbar II, and Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth. After him are William Beckford, Georg Franz Hoffmann, Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau, Aloysia Weber, Constantine Ypsilantis, and Christian Kramp. Among people deceased in 1826, Johann Peter Hebel ranks 32. Before him are Conrad Malte-Brun, Jean Lafitte, Shaykh Ahmad, John Flaxman, Fyodor Rostopchin, and Clarke Abel. After him are Georg Franz Hoffmann, Claire Lacombe, Pavel Pestel, Anton Walter, Christian Kramp, and Jens Baggesen.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Johann Peter Hebel ranks 249 out of 1,015. Before him are Claude Nicollier (1944), Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698), Vincent Perez (1964), Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), Rudolf Wolf (1816), and Matilda of Habsburg (1253). After him are Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861), Heinz Holliger (1939), Marcel Koller (1960), Gustave Moynier (1826), Ferdinand Kübler (1919), and R. Norris Williams (1891).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Johann Peter Hebel ranks 26. Before him are Jean Starobinski (1920), Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825), Heinrich Glarean (1488), Emma Jung (1882), Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698), and Jeremias Gotthelf (1797). After him are Peter Bieri (1944), Arthur Cravan (1887), Edmond Privat (1889), Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484), Isaac Casaubon (1559), and Ella Maillart (1903).

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