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Lothar-Günther Buchheim

1918 - 2007

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Lothar-Günther Buchheim () (6 February 1918 – 22 February 2007) was a German author, painter, and wartime journalist under the Nazi regime. In World War II he served as a war correspondent aboard ships and U-boats. He is best known for his 1973 antiwar novel Das Boot (The Boat), based on his experiences during the war, which became an international bestseller and was adapted as the 1981 Oscar-nominated film of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lothar-Günther Buchheim has received more than 350,544 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Lothar-Günther Buchheim is the 2,140th most popular writer (down from 1,634th in 2019), the 2,271st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,741st in 2019) and the 140th most popular German Writer.

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  • 2.39

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lothar-Günther Buchheim ranks 2,140 out of 7,302. Before him are William Caxton, Salvador de Madariaga, Jean Bolland, Rachel Bluwstein, Sven Nordqvist, and Judith Kerr. After him are Minna Canth, Raul Hilberg, János Arany, Antonio Skármeta, Osvaldo Moles, and Flannery O'Connor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Lothar-Günther Buchheim ranks 98. Before him are Gara Garayev, Leila Mourad, Ben Johnson, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Ajahn Chah, and Ida Lupino. After him are Lo Wei, Shankar Dayal Sharma, Massimo Girotti, Kazu Naoki, Bebo Valdés, and Ian Stevenson. Among people deceased in 2007, Lothar-Günther Buchheim ranks 114. Before him are Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Julien Gracq, Wally Schirra, Henri Debehogne, Barry Nelson, and Jean-Marie Lustiger. After him are Raul Hilberg, Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Ian Stevenson, Tikhon Khrennikov, François-Xavier Ortoli, and Aden Adde.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Lothar-Günther Buchheim ranks 2,271 out of 7,253. Before him are Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia (1103), Gertrude of Saxony (1030), Judith Kerr (1923), Joachim Schepke (1912), Georg Joseph Vogler (1749), and Princess Marie Amelie of Baden (1817). After him are Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803), Bert Kaempfert (1923), Hieronymus Bock (1498), Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe (1871), Walther Gerlach (1889), and Eugen Meindl (1892).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Lothar-Günther Buchheim ranks 140. Before him are Rahel Varnhagen (1771), Ludwig Uhland (1787), Anton Praetorius (1560), C. W. Ceram (1915), Fred Uhlman (1901), and Judith Kerr (1923). After him are Ernst von Salomon (1902), Erich Mühsam (1878), Elisabeth of Schönau (1129), Udo Lindenberg (1946), August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796), and Karlheinz Deschner (1924).

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