WRITER

Martin Walser

1927 - 2023

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Martin Johannes Walser (German: [ˈmaʁ.tiːn ˈvalˌzɐ] ; 24 March 1927 – 26 July 2023) was a German writer, known especially as a novelist. He began his career as journalist for Süddeutscher Rundfunk, where he wrote and directed audio plays. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Walser has received more than 186,491 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Martin Walser is the 1,672nd most popular writer (up from 2,591st in 2019), the 1,775th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,674th in 2019) and the 112th most popular German Writer.

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  • 63.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Martin Walser ranks 1,672 out of 7,302. Before him are Nicander, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Martin Opitz, Edward Lear, Quintus Smyrnaeus, and Upton Sinclair. After him are Barbara Cartland, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Konstantin Paustovsky, Basil Valentine, Jules Romains, and Fredric Jameson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Martin Walser ranks 101. Before him are Dick Bruna, Eldar Ryazanov, Eartha Kitt, Vernon L. Smith, Jorge Batlle, and Hans Schäfer. After him are Nguyễn Khánh, Yitzhak Hofi, Carlos José Castilho, Allen Newell, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, and Arthur Cohn. Among people deceased in 2023, Martin Walser ranks 140. Before him are Nina Matviienko, Suzanne Somers, Denny Laine, A. S. Byatt, Wayne Shorter, and Concha Velasco. After him are Sante Gaiardoni, Don Walsh, Marc Augé, Lance Reddick, Vakhtang Kikabidze, and Burhan Sargun.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Martin Walser ranks 1,775 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Joseph von Pettenkofer (1818), Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (1886), Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1808), Christoph Probst (1919), Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1722), and Joseph Martin Kraus (1756). After him are Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1835), Werner Jaeger (1888), Basil Valentine (1394), Johann Ludwig Bach (1677), Louis VI, Elector Palatine (1539), and Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg (1873).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Martin Walser ranks 112. Before him are Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752), Gustav Landauer (1870), Uri Avnery (1923), Sebastian Haffner (1907), Ludwig Börne (1786), and Christian Morgenstern (1871). After him are Basil Valentine (1394), Hans F. K. Günther (1891), Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723), Friedrich Rückert (1788), Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1633), and Elvira Madigan (1867).

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