1878 - 1956
Robert Walser (15 April 1878 – 25 December 1956) was a German-speaking Swiss writer. Walser is understood to be the missing link between Heinrich von Kleist and Franz Kafka. As writes Susan Sontag, "at the time [of Walser's writing], it was more likely to be Kafka [who was understood] through the prism of Walser." For example, Robert Musil once referred to Kafka's work as "a peculiar case of the Walser type."Walser was admired early on by Kafka and writers such as Hermann Hesse, Stefan Zweig, and Walter Benjamin, and was in fact better known during his lifetime than Kafka or Benjamin were known in theirs. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Walser has received more than 31,674 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Robert Walser is the 493rd most popular writer (up from 535th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 50th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swiss Writer.
Robert Walser is most famous for his work in the field of German Expressionism. He wrote in a variety of forms, including novels, short stories, and poetry.
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Among writers, Robert Walser ranks 493 out of 5,755. Before him are Imadaddin Nasimi, Alfred de Musset, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Robert Burns, Kurt Vonnegut, and Milena Jesenská. After him are Charles, Duke of Orléans, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, John le Carré, Nadine Gordimer, Beatrix Potter, and Francesca da Rimini.
1369 - 1417
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 487
1810 - 1857
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 488
1888 - 1964
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 489
1759 - 1796
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 490
1922 - 2007
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 491
1896 - 1944
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 492
1878 - 1956
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 493
1394 - 1465
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 494
1896 - 1957
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 495
1931 - 2020
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 496
1923 - 2014
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 497
1866 - 1943
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 498
1259 - 1285
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 499
Among people born in 1878, Robert Walser ranks 11. Before him are Reza Shah, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Gustav Stresemann, Werner von Blomberg, André Citroën, and Pancho Villa. After him are Lucien Febvre, Pyotr Wrangel, Alfred Döblin, Ferenc Molnár, Paul Reynaud, and Milan Nedić. Among people deceased in 1956, Robert Walser ranks 10. Before him are Jackson Pollock, Konstantin von Neurath, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Pietro Badoglio, Jules Rimet, and Frederick Soddy. After him are Emil Nolde, Lucien Febvre, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, A. A. Milne, Alexander Rodchenko, and Alfred Kinsey.
1878 - 1944
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 5
1878 - 1918
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 6
1878 - 1929
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 7
1878 - 1946
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 8
1878 - 1935
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 9
1878 - 1923
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 10
1878 - 1956
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 11
1878 - 1956
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 12
1878 - 1928
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 13
1878 - 1957
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 14
1878 - 1952
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 15
1878 - 1966
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 16
1878 - 1946
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 17
1912 - 1956
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 4
1873 - 1956
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 5
1876 - 1956
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 6
1871 - 1956
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 7
1873 - 1956
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 8
1877 - 1956
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 9
1878 - 1956
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 10
1867 - 1956
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 11
1878 - 1956
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 12
1870 - 1956
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 13
1882 - 1956
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 14
1891 - 1956
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 15
1894 - 1956
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 16
Among people born in Switzerland, Robert Walser ranks 45 out of 876. Before him are Auguste Piccard (1884), Heinrich Rohrer (1933), Benjamin Constant (1767), Henry Fuseli (1741), Hermann Rorschach (1884), and Albert I of Germany (1255). After him are Angelica Kauffman (1741), Joan Gamper (1877), Albert II, Duke of Austria (1298), Aga Khan IV (1936), Michel Mayor (1942), and Carlo Maderno (1556).
1884 - 1962
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 39
1933 - 2013
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 40
1767 - 1830
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 41
1741 - 1825
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 42
1884 - 1922
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 43
1255 - 1308
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 44
1878 - 1956
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 45
1741 - 1807
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 46
1877 - 1930
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 47
1298 - 1358
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 48
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 49
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 50
1556 - 1629
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 51
Among writers born in Switzerland, Robert Walser ranks 6. Before him are Johanna Spyri (1827), Carl Spitteler (1845), Erich von Däniken (1935), Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921), and Karl Barth (1886). After him are Max Frisch (1911), Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784), Alejo Carpentier (1904), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905), and Gottfried Keller (1819).
1827 - 1901
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 1
1845 - 1924
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 2
1935 - Present
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 3
1921 - 1990
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 4
1886 - 1968
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 5
1878 - 1956
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 6
1911 - 1991
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 7
1784 - 1817
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 8
1904 - 1980
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 9
1741 - 1801
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 10
1905 - 1988
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 11
1819 - 1890
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 12