WRITER

Peter Bichsel

1935 - Today

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Peter Bichsel (born 24 March 1935) is a popular Swiss writer and journalist representing modern German literature. He was a member of the Gruppe Olten. Bichsel was born 1935 in Lucerne, Switzerland, the son of manual labourers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Bichsel has received more than 64,598 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Peter Bichsel is the 3,886th most popular writer (down from 3,624th in 2019), the 400th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 358th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Swiss Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 65k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Die Jahreszeiten
1967
Geschichten zur falschen Zeit
1979
Irgendwo anderswo
1986
Schulmeistereien
1985
Eigentlich möchte Frau Blum den Milchmann kennenlernen
1968

Page views of Peter Bichsels by language

Over the past year Peter Bichsel has had the most page views in the with 22,372 views, followed by English (7,012), and French (1,625). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (52,800.00%), Esperanto (91.25%), and Basque (64.86%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Bichsel ranks 3,886 out of 7,302. Before him are Francis Davis Millet, Ömer Seyfettin, Anne Hébert, Dušan Kovačević, Hjalmar Bergman, and Cassandra Clare. After him are Thomas Murner, Lydia Davis, Vitsentzos Kornaros, Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, Simin Daneshvar, and Mikheil Javakhishvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Peter Bichsel ranks 251. Before him are Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Georgy Shonin, Omero Antonutti, Walter De Maria, Henry Gibson, and David Ruelle. After him are Don Bragg, Fujio Akatsuka, Károly Palotai, Dinkha IV, Paul Chambers, and Bruno Rodzik.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Peter Bichsel ranks 400 out of 1,015. Before him are Thomas Bickel (1963), Fleur Jaeggy (1940), Robert Ballaman (1926), Gottfried von Einem (1918), Murat Yakin (1974), and Jacques-Louis Soret (1827). After him are Pirmin Zurbriggen (1963), Fernán Caballero (1796), Elisabeth Kopp (1936), Christian Gross (1954), Corina Casanova (1956), and Pierre Viret (1511).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Peter Bichsel ranks 38. Before him are Ella Maillart (1903), Françoise Giroud (1916), Theodore Bibliander (1500), Philippe Jaccottet (1925), Robert Pinget (1919), and Fleur Jaeggy (1940). After him are Fernán Caballero (1796), Nicolas Bouvier (1929), Johann David Wyss (1743), Alain de Botton (1969), Martin Suter (1948), and Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701).

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