WRITER

Siegfried Lenz

1926 - 2014

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Siegfried Lenz (German: [ˈziːkfʁiːt ˈlɛnts] ; 17 March 1926 – 7 October 2014) was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's birth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Siegfried Lenz has received more than 185,316 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Siegfried Lenz is the 1,399th most popular writer (up from 1,417th in 2019), the 1,462nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,474th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular German Writer.

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  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Siegfried Lenz ranks 1,399 out of 7,302. Before him are Dnyaneshwar, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Pehr Henrik Ling, Fulcher of Chartres, César Vallejo, and Sima Xiangru. After him are Robert Bloch, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Korney Chukovsky, Kâtip Çelebi, Maj Sjöwall, and Gavrila Derzhavin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Siegfried Lenz ranks 95. Before him are Joachim Fest, James Stirling, Karl Richter, Hugo Banzer, Patricia Neal, and David H. Hubel. After him are Alan Greenspan, László Papp, Youssef Chahine, Efraín Ríos Montt, Verner Panton, and Shigeo Sugimoto. Among people deceased in 2014, Siegfried Lenz ranks 76. Before him are Kim Song-ae, Vladimir Beara, Rubin Carter, Assi Dayan, Richard Møller Nielsen, and Menahem Golan. After him are Sabah, Malcolm Glazer, Karl Albrecht, Larry Scott, Ralph H. Baer, and Joan Rivers.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Siegfried Lenz ranks 1,462 out of 7,253. Before him are Prince Charles of Prussia (1801), Arnold Gehlen (1904), Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676), Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807), Aenne Burda (1909), and Günther Blumentritt (1892). After him are Ernst-Günther Schenck (1904), Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857), Samuel Scheidt (1587), Matilda of Frisia (1024), Werner Best (1903), and Johann Eck (1486).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Siegfried Lenz ranks 93. Before him are Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736), Joachim Fest (1926), Hartmann Schedel (1440), Hartmann von Aue (1160), Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777), and Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825). After him are Else Lasker-Schüler (1869), Wilhelm Müller (1794), Arnold van Gennep (1873), Paul Rée (1849), Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813), and August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798).

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