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Peter Bichsel

1935 - Today

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Peter Bichsel (born March 24 1935) is a popular Swiss writer and journalist representing modern German literature. He was a member of the Gruppe Olten. Bichsel was born in 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 65,204 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Bichsel is the 3,637th most popular writer (down from 3,248th in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 308th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Swiss Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 65k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Bichsel ranks 3,637 out of 5,755. Before him are Bertus Aafjes, Nikola Vaptsarov, Justus Jonas, Simon Leys, Viktor Nekrasov, and Antoine Furetière. After him are Sakyo Komatsu, Elaine May, Rube Goldberg, George Washington Williams, Lars Saabye Christensen, and Jules Janin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Peter Bichsel ranks 233. Before him are Alexander Men, Yury Solomin, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Eiko Kadono, Enzo Jannacci, and Simon Leys. After him are Georgy Shonin, Aulis Sallinen, Paul Goma, Fortunato Baldelli, Velasio de Paolis, and Johnny Pacheco.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Peter Bichsel ranks 359 out of 876. Before him are Claude Goretta (1929), Françoise Giroud (1916), Johann Baptist Cysat (1585), Jules Gilliéron (1854), Eugeniusz Bodo (1899), and Yann Sommer (1988). After him are Samuel Schmid (1947), Georges Miez (1904), Adolf Ogi (1942), Mattia Binotto (1969), Fernán Caballero (1796), and Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Peter Bichsel ranks 36. Before him are Peter Bieri (1944), Ella Maillart (1903), Theodore Bibliander (1500), Philippe Jaccottet (1925), Fleur Jaeggy (1940), and Françoise Giroud (1916). After him are Fernán Caballero (1796), Robert Pinget (1919), Nicolas Bouvier (1929), Alain de Botton (1969), Johann David Wyss (1743), and Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701).

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