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 Kleist and Kafka. "Indeed", 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 14,787 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Walser is the 535th most popular writer (down from 489th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 43rd 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 535 out of 5,794. Before him are Bernard Gui, Alfred Jarry, Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Seneca the Elder, Ghalib, and Pierre de Ronsard. After him are Ivan Bunin, Luo Guanzhong, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Arthur Koestler, Bohumil Hrabal, and Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
1261 - 1331
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 529
1873 - 1907
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 530
1864 - 1931
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 531
54 BC - 39
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 532
1797 - 1869
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 533
1524 - 1585
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 534
1878 - 1956
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 535
1870 - 1953
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 536
1330 - 1400
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 537
1884 - 1937
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 538
1905 - 1983
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 539
1914 - 1997
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 540
1896 - 1957
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 541
Among people born in 1878, Robert Walser ranks 11. Before him are Reza Shah, Pancho Villa, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Werner von Blomberg, Gustav Stresemann, and André Citroën. After him are Lucien Febvre, Pyotr Wrangel, Alfred Döblin, Ferenc Molnár, Paul Reynaud, and Milan Nedić. Among people deceased in 1956, Robert Walser ranks 13. Before him are Pietro Badoglio, Emil Nolde, B. R. Ambedkar, Frederick Soddy, Alfred Kinsey, and Alexander Rodchenko. After him are Lucien Febvre, Bela Lugosi, Konstantin Päts, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Risto Ryti.
1878 - 1944
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 5
1878 - 1923
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 6
1878 - 1918
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 7
1878 - 1946
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 8
1878 - 1929
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 9
1878 - 1935
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 10
1878 - 1956
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 11
1878 - 1956
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 12
1878 - 1928
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 13
1878 - 1957
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 14
1878 - 1952
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 15
1878 - 1966
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 16
1878 - 1946
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 17
1871 - 1956
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 7
1867 - 1956
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 8
1891 - 1956
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 9
1877 - 1956
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 10
1894 - 1956
HPI: 75.06
Rank: 11
1891 - 1956
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 12
1878 - 1956
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 13
1878 - 1956
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 14
1882 - 1956
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 15
1874 - 1956
HPI: 72.80
Rank: 16
1870 - 1956
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 17
1898 - 1956
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 18
1889 - 1956
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 19
Among people born in Switzerland, Robert Walser ranks 50 out of 749. Before him are Felix Bloch (1905), Angelica Kauffman (1741), Johannes Itten (1888), Aga Khan IV (1936), Albert II, Duke of Austria (1298), and Joan Gamper (1877). After him are Carlo Maderno (1556), Lys Assia (1924), Hans Albert Einstein (1904), Clay Regazzoni (1939), Ferdinand Hodler (1853), and Hans Küng (1928).
1905 - 1983
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 44
1741 - 1807
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 45
1888 - 1967
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 46
1936 - Present
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 47
1298 - 1358
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 48
1877 - 1930
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 49
1878 - 1956
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 50
1556 - 1629
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 51
1924 - 2018
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 52
1904 - 1973
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 53
1939 - 2006
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 54
1853 - 1918
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 55
1928 - Present
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 56
Among writers born in Switzerland, Robert Walser ranks 6. Before him are Johanna Spyri (1827), Carl Spitteler (1845), Erich von Däniken (1935), Karl Barth (1886), and Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921). After him are Max Frisch (1911), Alejo Carpentier (1904), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784), Gottfried Keller (1819), and Blaise Cendrars (1887).
1827 - 1901
HPI: 78.42
Rank: 1
1845 - 1924
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 2
1935 - Present
HPI: 76.44
Rank: 3
1886 - 1968
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 4
1921 - 1990
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 5
1878 - 1956
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 6
1911 - 1991
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 7
1904 - 1980
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 8
1741 - 1801
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 9
1784 - 1817
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 10
1819 - 1890
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 11
1887 - 1961
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 12