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Jurek Becker

1937 - 1997

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Jurek Becker (German: [ˈjuː.ʁɛk ˈbɛ.kɐ] , probably 30 September 1937 – 14 March 1997) was a Polish-born German writer, screenwriter and East German dissident. His most famous novel is Jacob the Liar, which has been made into two films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jurek Becker has received more than 65,386 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Jurek Becker is the 3,821st most popular writer (down from 3,552nd in 2019), the 775th most popular biography from Poland (down from 715th in 2019) and the 95th most popular Polish Writer.

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  • 65k

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  • 49.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jurek Becker ranks 3,821 out of 5,755Before him are Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, Laza Lazarević, Alessandro Tassoni, Oppian, Moritz Steinschneider, and Karoline von Günderrode. After him are Aaron Sorkin, George Gissing, Pavao Ritter Vitezović, Gyula Krúdy, Apion, and Marcel Jouhandeau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jurek Becker ranks 262Before him are Ada Rogovtseva, Loretta Swit, Clodovil Hernandes, Richard Petty, Yuri Manin, and Manfred Krug. After him are Vlatko Marković, Coen Moulijn, Jack Nitzsche, Magnar Solberg, Ivo Daneu, and Birju Maharaj. Among people deceased in 1997, Jurek Becker ranks 164Before him are William Hickey, Juan Burgueño, Tony Williams, Shinichi Hoshi, Denver Pyle, and Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh. After him are Arthur Machado, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Jarl Kulle, Adriana Caselotti, Corneliu Baba, and Tete Montoliu.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jurek Becker ranks 775 out of 1,454Before him are Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1820), Józef Chełmoński (1849), Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768), Zacharias Ursinus (1534), Gerhard Stöck (1911), and Boris Kaufman (1906). After him are Johannes Thiele (1860), August Emil Fieldorf (1895), Alina Szapocznikow (1926), Yitzhak Sadeh (1890), Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889), and Basia (1954).

Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Jurek Becker ranks 95Before him are Zofia Nałkowska (1884), Kurd Lasswitz (1848), Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (1925), Tadeusz Konwicki (1926), Johann Christian Günther (1695), and Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768). After him are Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889), Gustaw Herling-Grudziński (1919), Halina Konopacka (1900), Nathan Alterman (1910), Jan Kott (1914), and Arkady Fiedler (1894).