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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 330,699 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Lothar-Günther Buchheim is the 1,638th most popular writer (down from 1,547th in 2019), the 1,741st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,540th in 2019) and the 108th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lothar-Günther Buchheim ranks 1,638 out of 5,755. Before him are Rafael Sabatini, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Martin of Opava, Per Wahlöö, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, and Ruth Rendell. After him are Rainis, Robert Brasillach, Robert de Boron, Philippe de Commines, Petar Zrinski, and Eric Carle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Lothar-Günther Buchheim ranks 82. Before him are Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Takashi Kasahara, Spiro Agnew, Choi Hong Hi, Fernando Peyroteo, and Jerome Robbins. After him are Kevin A. Lynch, Ben Johnson, Igor Ansoff, Ian Stevenson, E. Howard Hunt, and Huber Matos. Among people deceased in 2007, Lothar-Günther Buchheim ranks 82. Before him are István Sándorfi, Jaan Kross, Gianfranco Ferré, Sri Chinmoy, Nobuo Matsunaga, and Raul Hilberg. After him are Gordon Scott, Petar Stambolić, Maria Gripe, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Hrant Dink, and Denny Doherty.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Lothar-Günther Buchheim ranks 1,741 out of 6,142. Before him are Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (1614), Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont (1704), Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (1072), Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1460), Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1818), and Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861). After him are Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (1886), Oswald Achenbach (1827), Johann Ludwig Bach (1677), Johann Gottfried Walther (1684), Heino (1938), and Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Lothar-Günther Buchheim ranks 108. Before him are Gottfried August Bürger (1747), Gustav Landauer (1870), Eduard Mörike (1804), Anton Praetorius (1560), Else Lasker-Schüler (1869), and Marianne Weber (1870). After him are Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752), Wolfgang Borchert (1921), Jordan of Saxony (1190), Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871), Theodor Nöldeke (1836), and Elvira Madigan (1867).

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