WRITER

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 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jurek Becker is the 4,131st most popular writer (down from 3,808th in 2019), the 863rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 775th in 2019) and the 101st most popular Polish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 65k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Jakob der Lu gner
1970
Sleepless days
1979
Der Boxer
Holocaust survivors, Fiction
1976
Irreführung der Behörden
1973
Bronsteins Kinder
German language materials
1986
Jakob der Lügner
Jews, World War,1939-1945, Fiction
1969

Page views of Jurek Beckers by language

Over the past year Jurek Becker has had the most page views in the with 41,928 views, followed by English (6,614), and Russian (1,631). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (69.19%), Lithuanian (58.26%), and Basque (52.33%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jurek Becker ranks 4,131 out of 7,302. Before him are Jackie Collins, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Lyuben Karavelov, Helen Fielding, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, and John Christopher. After him are Tommaso Landolfi, Brigitte Hamann, Andrée Chedid, Dominique Fernandez, Kathy Acker, and Klaus Rifbjerg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Jurek Becker ranks 292. Before him are Akram Aylisli, Magnar Solberg, Bobby Driscoll, Albert Brülls, Jackie Collins, and José Araquistáin. After him are Mark Donohue, Anita Traversi, Glen A. Larson, Pino Puglisi, Jeannot Szwarc, and Irina Solovyova. Among people deceased in 1997, Jurek Becker ranks 186. Before him are Heikki A. Alikoski, Tamara Tyshkevich, Bozorg Alavi, James Krüss, Alfredo II, and Heikki Savolainen. After him are Kathy Acker, Edmond Leburton, Daniil Shafran, Richard Jaeckel, Helen Jacobs, and Eitel Cantoni.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jurek Becker ranks 863 out of 1,694. Before him are Jerzy Żuławski (1874), Heinrich von Kittlitz (1799), Jacek Gmoch (1939), Albert Chmielowski (1846), Eugene Lazowski (1913), and Jędrzej Moraczewski (1870). After him are Henryk Sławik (1894), Ignacy Potocki (1750), Martin Rathke (1793), Stanislaus Papczyński (1631), Paul Gordan (1837), and Walter Thiel (1910).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Jurek Becker ranks 101. Before him are Simonas Daukantas (1793), Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921), Horst Bienek (1930), Arno Holz (1863), Anna Langfus (1920), and Jan Kott (1914). After him are Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński (1874), Mascha Kaléko (1907), Johann Christian Günther (1695), Arkady Fiedler (1894), Marek Hłasko (1934), and Florian Ceynowa (1817).

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