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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, especially known 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 175,778 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Martin Walser is the 2,599th most popular writer (down from 2,233rd in 2019), the 2,677th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,248th in 2019) and the 165th most popular German Writer.

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  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Martin Walser ranks 2,599 out of 5,755. Before him are Guan Hanqing, Lois Lowry, Anton Bernolák, Lois McMaster Bujold, Michele Ruggieri, and Mirra Alfassa. After him are K. Shivaram Karanth, Antiochus Kantemir, Herman Gorter, Leonard Woolf, George Mosse, and Vítězslav Nezval.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Martin Walser ranks 140. Before him are Gae Aulenti, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Neil Simon, Yutaka Taniyama, Vittorio Gregotti, and Stanisław Kania. After him are Víctor Rodríguez Andrade, Albert Zafy, Chandra Shekhar, Per Oscarsson, Marianne Fredriksson, and Gisèle Halimi. Among people deceased in 2023, Martin Walser ranks 125. Before him are Roberto Dinamite, Adolf Scherer, Andrés García, Henri Konan Bédié, Arnaldo Forlani, and Ian Wilmut. After him are Carla Bley, Chuck Feeney, Tom Sizemore, Robert Hanssen, Matteo Messina Denaro, and Petar Zhekov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Martin Walser ranks 2,677 out of 6,142. Before him are Heidi Brühl (1942), Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke (1819), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (1443), Adam Kraft (1450), Gerardus Vossius (1577), and Rudolf Klein-Rogge (1885). After him are Carl Brockelmann (1868), Sigmar Gabriel (1959), John II, Count Palatine of Simmern (1492), Rainer Bonhof (1952), Özlem Türeci (1967), and Ricardo Wolf (1887).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Martin Walser ranks 165. Before him are Jakub Bart-Ćišinski (1856), Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715), Heinrich Hoffmann (1809), Ursula Kuczynski (1907), Mina Witkojc (1893), and August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796). After him are George Mosse (1918), Armin T. Wegner (1886), Stefan Heym (1913), Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808), Albert of Aix (1060), and Alfred Andersch (1914).

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