WRITER

Marlen Haushofer

1920 - 1970

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Marlen Haushofer (born Marie Helene Frauendorfer; 11 April 1920 – 21 March 1970) was an Austrian author, most famous for her novel The Wall (1963). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marlen Haushofer has received more than 86,704 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Marlen Haushofer is the 2,476th most popular writer (up from 2,578th in 2019), the 530th most popular biography from Austria (up from 542nd in 2019) and the 37th most popular Austrian Writer.

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  • 87k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Die Wand
1963
Die Tapetentür
1991
Eine Handvoll Leben
1955
Bartls Abenteuer
1988
Schreckliche Treue
1968
Die Mansarde
1969

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marlen Haushofer ranks 2,476 out of 7,302. Before her are Valentin Kataev, Andrey Kurbsky, Lidia Zamenhof, George Ohsawa, Sergey Aksakov, and John of Ephesus. After her are Carlo Emilio Gadda, Richard Wright, Eeva Kilpi, Ludovic Halévy, Jerzy Andrzejewski, and Ulrich von Liechtenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Marlen Haushofer ranks 160. Before her are Miguel Delibes, Amet-khan Sultan, Renato Carosone, Lazar Mojsov, Josip Manolić, and Dick Francis. After her are Marie Tharp, Janet Jagan, Thomas Szasz, Richard Adams, Katsuko Saruhashi, and Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir. Among people deceased in 1970, Marlen Haushofer ranks 108. Before her are Folco Lulli, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Leah Goldberg, Friedrich Pollock, Alfred Newman, and Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov. After her are Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, Marietta Blau, Fernand Crommelynck, Hugh Dowding, Romaine Brooks, and Alexander Gode.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Marlen Haushofer ranks 530 out of 1,424. Before her are Maria Antonia of Austria (1669), Franz Kutschera (1904), Catherine of Austria, Duchess of Calabria (1295), Victor Babeș (1854), Ernst Ocwirk (1926), and Ingrid Haebler (1926). After her are Ulrich von Liechtenstein (1200), Johann Strauss III (1866), Ernst Marischka (1893), Maximilian Grabner (1905), Ilse Aichinger (1921), and Max Nettlau (1865).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Marlen Haushofer ranks 37. Before her are Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874), Eva Schloss (1929), Gitta Sereny (1921), Raul Hilberg (1926), Pauline von Metternich (1836), and Johann Nestroy (1801). After her are Ulrich von Liechtenstein (1200), Ilse Aichinger (1921), Heimito von Doderer (1896), Dezső Kosztolányi (1885), Paula von Preradović (1887), and Johannes Mario Simmel (1924).

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