WRITER

Ralph Giordano

1923 - 2014

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Ralph Giordano (23 March 1923 – 10 December 2014) was a German writer and publicist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ralph Giordano has received more than 29,049 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ralph Giordano is the 5,223rd most popular writer (down from 5,023rd in 2019), the 4,837th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,348th in 2019) and the 312th most popular German Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 29k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Social Dancing in America
Ballroom dancing, History, Dance, united states
2006
Satan in the dance hall
Ballroom dancing, Dance halls, History
2008
Die Bertinis
German language, Fiction
1982
Die zweite Schuld oder Von der Last Deutscher zu sein
Guilt and culture, History, Moral and ethical aspects
1987
Pop goes the decade
Social life and customs, Popular culture, Civilization
2017
The architectural ideology of Thomas Jefferson
Symbolism in architecture, Philosophy, Jefferson, thomas, 1743-1826
"This volume reveals how Jefferson's politics and architecture coexisted and explains how he marked his political maturation through corresponding architectural monuments that reflected his ideals. Consequently, Jefferson provided America with a combined architectural and political ideology with the intention of safeguarding the future of liberty and democracy in America"--Provided by publisher.
2012

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ralph Giordano ranks 5,223 out of 7,302. Before him are Göran Tunström, Muthuswami Dikshitar, Bob Shaw, William F. Buckley Jr., George Crabbe, and Fatos Kongoli. After him are Jacob van Maerlant, Georgy Ivanov, Ingrid Noll, Günter de Bruyn, Ajdar Ismailov, and Fran Lebowitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Ralph Giordano ranks 356. Before him are Ivor Bueb, Gustaw Holoubek, Eric Wolf, Lojze Grozde, Joseph Keller, and Franco Bertinetti. After him are Gerrit Voorting, Murray Walker, Donald Nicol, Liviu Ciulei, Lidiya Vertinskaya, and Ken Kavanagh. Among people deceased in 2014, Ralph Giordano ranks 359. Before him are Sandro Lopopolo, Jean Vallée, Matthew Cowles, Mel Patton, Rosemary Murphy, and Keiko Awaji. After him are Edmund Szoka, Georgi Slavkov, Svetlana Velmar-Janković, Win Tin, Levente Lengyel, and Bobby Keys.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ralph Giordano ranks 4,837 out of 7,253. Before him are Rita Kühne (1947), Franziskus von Bettinger (1850), Oscar Goßler (1875), Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1735), Frank Schwalba-Hoth (1952), and Thomas Allofs (1959). After him are Annemarie Renger (1919), Günter de Bruyn (1926), Dieter Borsche (1909), Georg Jacoby (1882), Marika Kilius (1943), and Veronica Ferres (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Ralph Giordano ranks 312. Before him are Heinrich Zschokke (1771), Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750), Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916), Ludwig Thoma (1867), Peter Härtling (1933), and Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826). After him are Günter de Bruyn (1926), Franz Xaver Kroetz (1946), Georg Calixtus (1586), Fritz von Unruh (1885), Günther Jauch (1956), and Gorch Fock (1880).

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