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Paul Heyse

1830 - 1914

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Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (German: [paʊl ˈhaɪzə] ; 15 March 1830 – 2 April 1914) was a distinguished German writer and translator. A member of two important literary societies, the Tunnel über der Spree in Berlin and Die Krokodile in Munich, he wrote novels, poetry, 177 short stories, and about sixty dramas. The sum of Heyse's many and varied productions made him a dominant figure among German men of letters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Heyse has received more than 157,731 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Paul Heyse is the 308th most popular writer (up from 352nd in 2019), the 274th most popular biography from Germany (up from 298th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Writer.

Paul Heyse was a German poet, novelist, and essayist. He is most famous for his poetry, but also wrote novels and essays.

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  • 83

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.50

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  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Paul Heyse ranks 308 out of 5,755. Before him are Alejandro Jodorowsky, Italo Calvino, Marguerite de Navarre, Roger Martin du Gard, Lorenzo Valla, and J. M. Coetzee. After him are Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Prosper Mérimée, Mario Puzo, Raymond Chandler, Paul Celan, and Callimachus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Paul Heyse ranks 8. Before him are Camille Pissarro, Abdülaziz, Emily Dickinson, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Frédéric Mistral, and Isabella II of Spain. After him are Hector Malot, Julius Lothar Meyer, Porfirio Díaz, Eadweard Muybridge, Isma'il Pasha, and Hans von Bülow. Among people deceased in 1914, Paul Heyse ranks 9. Before him are Charles Albert Gobat, Bertha von Suttner, Charles Sanders Peirce, Frédéric Mistral, George Westinghouse, and Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg. After him are Carol I of Romania, August Weismann, Jean Jaurès, Georg Trakl, Ismail Gaspirali, and August Macke.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Paul Heyse ranks 274 out of 6,142. Before him are Max Scheler (1874), Ferdinand I of Romania (1865), Adolf Dassler (1900), Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1710), Max von Laue (1879), and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691). After him are Max Horkheimer (1895), Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881), Carl Zeiss (1816), Joseph Beuys (1921), Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567), and Constanze Mozart (1762).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Paul Heyse ranks 19. Before him are Nelly Sachs (1891), Jacob Grimm (1785), Eckhart Tolle (1948), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), Ernst Jünger (1895), and Heinrich von Kleist (1777). After him are Karl May (1842), Einhard (770), Michael Ende (1929), Friedrich Schlegel (1772), Wilhelm Grimm (1786), and Traudl Junge (1920).

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