WRITER

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 633,322 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Süskind is the 549th most popular writer (down from 531st in 2019), the 514th most popular biography from Germany (down from 501st 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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  • 71.03

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  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Patrick Süskind ranks 549 out of 7,302. Before him are Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Eugenio Montale, Frantz Fanon, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Gustav Meyrink, and Georg Trakl. After him are Mo Yan, Robert Burns, Klaus Mann, Paul Lafargue, Arthur Koestler, and W. Somerset Maugham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Patrick Süskind ranks 33. Before him are Carlos the Jackal, George Foreman, Alla Pugacheva, Sebastián Piñera, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and Jeff Bridges. After him are Joan Enric Vives Sicília, Linda Lovelace, Jarosław Kaczyński, John Belushi, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and Robin Gibb.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Patrick Süskind ranks 514 out of 7,253. Before him are Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856), Henning von Tresckow (1901), Rabanus Maurus (780), Walter Schellenberg (1910), Helmut Newton (1920), and Josef Kramer (1906). After him are Niklas Luhmann (1927), Hans Geiger (1882), Klaus Mann (1906), Erhard Milch (1892), Wassily Leontief (1906), and Hans Spemann (1869).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Patrick Süskind ranks 29. Before him are Karl May (1842), Einhard (770), Heinrich Mann (1871), Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170), Traudl Junge (1920), and Jean Paul (1763). After him are Klaus Mann (1906), Lion Feuchtwanger (1884), Erich Kästner (1899), Elisabeth of Wied (1843), Dietrich Eckart (1868), and Bert Hellinger (1925).

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