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Stefan George

1868 - 1933

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Stefan Anton George (German: [ˈʃtɛfan ˈʔantoːn ɡeˈ(ʔ)ɔʁɡə]; 12 July 1868 – 4 December 1933) was a German symbolist poet and a translator of Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, Hesiod, and Charles Baudelaire. He is also known for his role as leader of the highly influential literary circle called the George-Kreis and for founding the literary magazine Blätter für die Kunst ("Journal for the Arts"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stefan George has received more than 293,019 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Stefan George is the 907th most popular writer (down from 897th in 2019), the 856th most popular biography from Germany (up from 875th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular German Writer.

Stefan George was a German poet and essayist who was one of the most important figures in German literature. He was also the founder of the Berlin Circle, a literary group that promoted a new style of poetry called "George-style."

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Notable Works

Der siebente Ring
1920
Sämtliche Werke in 18 Bänden
1982
Das Jahr der Seele
1913
Poems
1930
Der Stern des Bundes
1922
Werke
1958

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stefan George ranks 907 out of 7,302. Before him are Shoko Asahara, Sherwood Anderson, Etty Hillesum, Bruce Chatwin, Maurice Druon, and Wole Soyinka. After him are Branislav Nušić, Abraham Abulafia, Gnaeus Naevius, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Achim von Arnim, and L. Ron Hubbard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Stefan George ranks 35. Before him are Scott Joplin, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Charles Maurras, Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Josephine Bakhita, and Myrtle Corbin. After him are La Belle Otero, Alexandra David-Néel, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, Alfred Weber, and Pompeu Fabra. Among people deceased in 1933, Stefan George ranks 15. Before him are Paul Ehrenfest, Sándor Ferenczi, Mohammed Nadir Shah, Nikolai Yudenich, Annie Besant, and Wilhelm Cuno. After him are Princess Thyra of Denmark, Knud Rasmussen, Oskar Potiorek, Anatoly Lunacharsky, Erhard Heiden, and Kenji Miyazawa.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Stefan George ranks 856 out of 7,253. Before him are Walter Baade (1893), Joseph Berchtold (1897), Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920), Martin Schulz (1955), Karl Abraham (1877), and Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940). After him are Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (1528), Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709), Nastassja Kinski (1961), Achim von Arnim (1781), Frederica of Baden (1781), and Paul Reuter (1816).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Stefan George ranks 53. Before him are Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724), Thietmar of Merseburg (975), Frank Wedekind (1864), Peter Weiss (1916), Bernhard Schlink (1944), and Hans Fallada (1893). After him are Achim von Arnim (1781), Anna Seghers (1900), Joost van den Vondel (1587), Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1622), W. G. Sebald (1944), and Hans Sachs (1494).

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