WRITER

Peter Bieri

1944 - 2023

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Peter Bieri (23 June 1944 – 27 June 2023), better known by his pseudonym, Pascal Mercier, was a Swiss writer and philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Bieri has received more than 5,634 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Peter Bieri is the 2,724th most popular writer (up from 2,939th in 2019), the 274th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 289th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Swiss Writer.

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  • 5.6k

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  • 53.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Das Handwerk Der Freiheit (German Edition)
2003
Nachtzug nach Lissabon: Roman
Studieren, und dann?
1983
Analytische Philosophie der Erkenntnis
1987
Zeit und Zeiterfahrung
1972
Wie wollen wir leben?
2011

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Bieri ranks 2,724 out of 7,302. Before him are Vladimir Stasov, André Salmon, Peter James, Yasushi Inoue, Marjorie Boulton, and Procopius of Gaza. After him are Ryōkan, Cornelia Funke, Marie Marvingt, Francis Ponge, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, and Ludwig Rellstab.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Peter Bieri ranks 272. Before him are Alexander Vencel, Tsuyoshi Kunieda, Teri Garr, Jill Clayburgh, Lucía Topolansky, and Richard Belzer. After him are Raoul Lambert, Carl Bernstein, Joseph Boakai, Rick Davies, Rick Barry, and Andrew G. Vajna. Among people deceased in 2023, Peter Bieri ranks 239. Before him are Anton Tus, Frederic Forrest, Kenneth Anger, Álvaro Colom, Richard Belzer, and Carmen Sevilla. After him are Giovanni Lodetti, Sherif Ismail, Vera Vasilyeva, Maryanne Trump Barry, Paul de Senneville, and Nadja Tiller.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Peter Bieri ranks 274 out of 1,015. Before him are Lisa Della Casa (1919), Christoph Blocher (1940), Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818), Daniel Peter (1836), Saint Othmar (689), and Leopold Kielholz (1911). After him are Flavio Cotti (1939), Carl Jacob Burckhardt (1891), Numa Droz (1844), Johann II Bernoulli (1710), Karl Schenk (1823), and Emer de Vattel (1714).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Peter Bieri ranks 27. Before him are Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825), Heinrich Glarean (1488), Emma Jung (1882), Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698), Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), and Johann Peter Hebel (1760). After him are Arthur Cravan (1887), Edmond Privat (1889), Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (1484), Isaac Casaubon (1559), Ella Maillart (1903), and Françoise Giroud (1916).

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