WRITER

Mirjam Pressler

1940 - 2019

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Mirjam Pressler, born Mirjam Gunkel (18 June 1940 – 16 January 2019) was a German novelist and translator. Being the author of more than 30 children's and teenage books, she also translated into German more than 300 works by other writers from Hebrew, English, Dutch and Afrikaans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mirjam Pressler has received more than 27,637 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Mirjam Pressler is the 4,779th most popular writer (down from 4,325th in 2019), the 4,528th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,949th in 2019) and the 285th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 28k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Malka Mai
Fiction, History, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
2002
Nickel Vogelpfeifer
1991
Anne Frank
Biography, Ethnic relations, Family
2000
Treasures from the Attic
2011
Halinka
Child abuse, Emotional problems, Foster home care
1998
Malka
2002

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mirjam Pressler ranks 4,779 out of 7,302. Before her are Katarina Frostenson, Xaviera Hollander, Anna Enquist, Axel Bakunts, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, and Roger Vitrac. After her are Vincenzo Monti, Yann Martel, John D. MacDonald, Florence Delay, Michel Déon, and Henrik Nordbrandt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Mirjam Pressler ranks 365. Before her are Billy McNeill, Jurandir de Freitas, Tilo Prückner, Imre Komora, Zvonko Bego, and Sue Grafton. After her are Mukhu Aliyev, Steve Swallow, Benoni Beheyt, Silvester Takač, Daniel Quillen, and Issake Dabore. Among people deceased in 2019, Mirjam Pressler ranks 317. Before her are Med Hondo, Larry Cohen, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Billy McNeill, Ayşen Gruda, and Ron Leibman. After her are Yao Lee, Barbara Hammer, Dinko Dermendzhiev, Sigvard Ericsson, Bayram Şit, and Hans Zender.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Mirjam Pressler ranks 4,528 out of 7,253. Before her are Hans Werner Richter (1908), Paul Hermann (1646), Gerhard Rohlfs (1892), Aleida Assmann (1947), Michael Gwisdek (1942), and Peter Scholl-Latour (1924). After her are Josef Bradl (1918), Albert Bernhard Frank (1839), Wolfgang Koeppen (1906), Erik Spiekermann (1947), Alwin Mittasch (1869), and Sheryl Lee (1967).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Mirjam Pressler ranks 285. Before her are Ludwig Bechstein (1801), Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867), Joseph Meyer (1796), Louise Otto-Peters (1819), Hans Werner Richter (1908), and Peter Scholl-Latour (1924). After her are Wolfgang Koeppen (1906), Cordelia Edvardson (1929), Marie Hankel (1844), Reiner Kunze (1933), Bruno Frank (1887), and Konrad von Würzburg (1225).

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