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Otfried Preußler

1923 - 2013

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Otfried Preußler (pronounced [ˈɔtfʁiːt ˈpʁɔʏslɐ] ; sometimes spelled Preussler; born Otfried Syrowatka; 20 October 1923 – 18 February 2013) was a German children's books author. More than 50 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide and they have been translated into 55 languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otfried Preußler has received more than 142,169 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Otfried Preußler is the 1,682nd most popular writer (down from 1,508th in 2019), the 209th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 187th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Czech Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Otfried Preußler ranks 1,682 out of 7,302. Before him are Basil Valentine, Jules Romains, Fredric Jameson, Albert Cohen, Emilia Pardo Bazán, and Henri de Régnier. After him are Jean-Jacques Ampère, François Pierre La Varenne, Eliza Orzeszkowa, James Clavell, Anna Leonowens, and Eustathius of Thessalonica.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Otfried Preußler ranks 93. Before him are Richard Pipes, Yaşar Kemal, Uri Avnery, Rudolph A. Marcus, Uziel Gal, and Bettie Page. After him are Masao Ono, Sergey Akhromeyev, Ernst Nolte, Yves Bonnefoy, Dexter Gordon, and Lloyd Shapley. Among people deceased in 2013, Otfried Preußler ranks 97. Before him are Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, James Avery, Sergei Belov, Eleanor Parker, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, and Nguyễn Khánh. After him are Glafcos Clerides, Richard Ramirez, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, Ray Harryhausen, and Taihō Kōki.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Otfried Preußler ranks 209 out of 1,200. Before him are Ivan Klíma (1931), Catherine of Poděbrady (1449), Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (1064), Vilém Flusser (1920), Egon Kisch (1885), and Franz Bardon (1909). After him are Otto Kittel (1917), Jan Kodeš (1946), Karl von Terzaghi (1883), Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia (970), Julius von Payer (1841), and Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1531).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Otfried Preußler ranks 22. Before him are Adalbert Stifter (1805), Cosmas of Prague (1045), Josef Čapek (1887), Guido Adler (1855), Ivan Klíma (1931), and Egon Kisch (1885). After him are Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830), Princess Michael of Kent (1945), Martin of Opava (1300), Petr Ginz (1928), Josef Lada (1887), and Pavel Kohout (1928).

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