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Patrick Süskind

1949 - Today

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Patrick Süskind (German: [ˈpatʁɪk ˈzyːskɪnt] ; born 26 March 1949) is a German writer and screenwriter, known best for his novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, first published in 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Süskind has received more than 581,858 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Süskind is the 532nd most popular writer (up from 552nd in 2019), the 501st most popular biography from Germany (down from 475th in 2019) and the 29th most popular German Writer.

Patrick Süskind is most famous for his novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. The novel tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of eighteenth-century Paris, who develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. His quest for the ultimate scent leads him to commit murder.

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  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Patrick Süskind ranks 532 out of 5,755. Before him are Lesya Ukrainka, T. S. Eliot, Paul Claudel, Muhammad Iqbal, José Martí, and Premchand. After him are Camille Flammarion, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Washington Irving, Eugene O'Neill, Erich Kästner, and Marie-Antoine Carême.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Patrick Süskind ranks 30. Before him are Jessica Lange, Slavoj Žižek, Sebastián Piñera, Thomas Sankara, Bobby Farrell, and Carlos the Jackal. After him are Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Robin Gibb, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Joan Enric Vives Sicília, and Alla Pugacheva.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Patrick Süskind ranks 501 out of 6,142. Before him are Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908), Hans Georg Dehmelt (1922), Pyotr Stolypin (1862), Wilhelm Schickard (1592), Werner von Fritsch (1880), and Julia Drusilla (16). After him are Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884), August Weismann (1834), Friedrich List (1789), Aby Warburg (1866), Kurt Student (1890), and Erich Kästner (1899).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Patrick Süskind ranks 29. Before him are Friedrich Schlegel (1772), Wilhelm Grimm (1786), Traudl Junge (1920), Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170), Jean Paul (1763), and Ulrich von Hutten (1488). After him are Erich Kästner (1899), Heinrich Mann (1871), Lion Feuchtwanger (1884), Dietrich Eckart (1868), Elisabeth of Wied (1843), and August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767).

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