WRITER

Kurt Tucholsky

1890 - 1935

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Kurt Tucholsky (German: [kʊʁt tu.ˈxɔls.ki] ; 9 January 1890 – 21 December 1935) was a German journalist, satirist, and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser (after the historical figure), Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel. A politically engaged journalist and temporary co-editor of the weekly magazine Die Weltbühne, he was simultaneously a satirist, an author of satirical political revues, a songwriter, and a poet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Tucholsky has received more than 309,999 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Kurt Tucholsky is the 1,342nd most popular writer (down from 1,304th in 2019), the 1,372nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,351st in 2019) and the 86th most popular German Writer.

Kurt Tucholsky was a German-Jewish writer who is most famous for his satirical wit and his criticism of the Weimar Republic.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

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  • 59.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Panter, Tiger & Co
1957
Ein Pyrenäenbuch
1927
Gesammelte Werke
1960
Schloss Gripsholm
1931
Rheinsberg
1912
Gruss nach vorn
1931
Panter, Tiger & Co
1957
Rheinsberg
Social life and customs, Man-woman relationships, Fiction
1912
Gesammelte Werke in 10 Bänden
1975
Gesamtausgabe
1996
Schloss Gripsholm
German fiction, Germany, fiction, Fiction, historical
1931
Deutschland, Deutschland über alles
Pictorial works, Politics and government, Social life and customs
1929

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kurt Tucholsky ranks 1,342 out of 7,302. Before him are Callinus, Christine Nöstlinger, Ida Laura Pfeiffer, Sergey Mikhalkov, Chernorizets Hrabar, and Maria Shriver. After him are Henri Murger, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Adalberon, Edith Södergran, Georgi Markov, and Abu Tammam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Kurt Tucholsky ranks 57. Before him are Adolf Schärf, Rose Kennedy, Andriy Melnyk, Victor Serge, Prince Joachim of Prussia, and Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov. After him are Frank Martin, Georgy Pyatakov, Milunka Savić, Erich Kleiber, Walter Krüger, and Alfredo Ottaviani. Among people deceased in 1935, Kurt Tucholsky ranks 44. Before him are Paul Bourget, Rashid Rida, Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, Magnus Hirschfeld, Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, and Ma Barker. After him are Abraham Isaac Kook, Gareth Jones, Jean Béraud, Valerian Kuybyshev, William Kennedy Dickson, and Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Kurt Tucholsky ranks 1,372 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Schein (1586), Heidi Klum (1973), Hans Leo Hassler (1564), Bernhardus Varenius (1622), Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (1447), and Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen (1257). After him are Ludwig Guttmann (1899), William I, Elector of Hesse (1743), Theodor Escherich (1857), Dettmar Cramer (1925), Günter Guillaume (1927), and Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Kurt Tucholsky ranks 86. Before him are Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), Wilhelm Weitling (1808), Siegfried Kracauer (1889), Jakob Wassermann (1873), Widukind of Corvey (925), and Lina Heydrich (1911). After him are Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736), Joachim Fest (1926), Hartmann Schedel (1440), Hartmann von Aue (1160), Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777), and Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825).

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