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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 276,548 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Stefan George is the 898th most popular writer (down from 802nd in 2019), the 875th most popular biography from Germany (down from 720th in 2019) and the 55th 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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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stefan George ranks 898 out of 5,755Before him are Rustichello da Pisa, Bertran de Born, Publilius Syrus, John Updike, B. Traven, and Jean de La Bruyère. After him are Charles Maurras, John Grisham, Daniel Goleman, Samuel Richardson, Noah Gordon, and Aziz Nesin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Stefan George ranks 37Before him are Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Josephine Bakhita, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, and La Belle Otero. After him are Charles Maurras, Émile Bernard, Alexandra David-Néel, Felix Hausdorff, Eleanor H. Porter, and James Brendan Connolly. Among people deceased in 1933, Stefan George ranks 16Before him are Annie Besant, Sándor Ferenczi, Wilhelm Cuno, Nikolai Yudenich, Princess Thyra of Denmark, and Oskar Potiorek. After him are Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, Paul Ehrenfest, Erhard Heiden, Anatoly Lunacharsky, Albert Calmette, and Knud Rasmussen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Stefan George ranks 875 out of 6,142Before him are Moses Hess (1812), Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857), Erich Kempka (1910), Princess Marianne of the Netherlands (1810), Hennig Brand (1630), and Albert of Brandenburg (1490). After him are Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (1120), Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521), Zwentibold (870), Peter Parler (1330), and Ivan Rebroff (1931).

Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Stefan George ranks 55Before him are Clemens Brentano (1778), Anna Seghers (1900), Achim von Arnim (1781), Kurt Eisner (1867), Hans Sachs (1494), and Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868). After him are Marie d'Agoult (1805), Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), Thietmar of Merseburg (975), Tannhäuser (1205), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), and Ernst Hanfstaengl (1887).