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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 172,256 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Siegfried Lenz is the 1,420th most popular writer (down from 1,245th in 2019), the 1,474th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,217th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular German Writer.

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  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

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  • 5.17

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Siegfried Lenz ranks 1,420 out of 5,755Before him are Louise Labé, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Béla Balázs, Mukhtar Auezov, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and Robert Browning. After him are Joseph Needham, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Ira Levin, Ibrahim ibn Yaqub, Blaise de Vigenère, and Léo Taxil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Siegfried Lenz ranks 99Before him are György Kurtág, Maria Teresa de Filippis, Yoshio Okada, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Francisco Rabal, and Jean-Marie Lustiger. After him are John Schlesinger, Hans Werner Henze, Roger Corman, Patricia Neal, Sydney Chaplin, and Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse. Among people deceased in 2014, Siegfried Lenz ranks 66Before him are Stuart Hall, Veljko Kadijević, Věra Chytilová, Hilderaldo Bellini, Chespirito, and Luise Rainer. After him are Fred Phelps, Gabriel Axel, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Run Run Shaw, Karl Albrecht, and Larry Scott.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Siegfried Lenz ranks 1,474 out of 6,142Before him are Horst Schumann (1906), Günther Blumentritt (1892), Luise Rainer (1910), Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921), Carl Stumpf (1848), and Heidi Klum (1973). After him are Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676), August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798), Gerberga of Saxony (913), Matthias Erzberger (1875), Rupert of Salzburg (650), and Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord (1878).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Siegfried Lenz ranks 93Before him are Hartmann von Aue (1160), Jakob Wassermann (1873), Widukind of Corvey (925), Wilhelm Müller (1794), Hartmann Schedel (1440), and Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777). After him are August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798), Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825), Paul Rée (1849), Arnold van Gennep (1873), Heiner Müller (1929), and Christian Morgenstern (1871).