WRITER

Stefan Heym

1913 - 2001

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Helmut Flieg was a German writer, known by his pseudonym Stefan Heym (pronounced [ˈʃtɛfan ˈhaɪm] ). He lived in the United States and trained at Camp Ritchie, making him one of the Ritchie Boys of World War II. In 1952, he returned to his home to the part of his native Germany which was, from 1949 to 1990, the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany. He published works in English and German at home and abroad, and despite longstanding criticism of the GDR remained a committed socialist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stefan Heym has received more than 135,182 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Stefan Heym is the 2,493rd most popular writer (up from 2,609th in 2019), the 2,648th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,692nd in 2019) and the 160th most popular German Writer.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

5 Tage im Juni
Berlin (Germany)
1974
The crusaders
1948
Goldsborough
1953
Der König David Bericht
1972
Der Fall Glasenapp
Prague (Czech Republic)
1968
Lassalle
1968

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stefan Heym ranks 2,493 out of 7,302. Before him are Isak Samokovlija, Sextus Pompeius Festus, Ursula Kuczynski, Yuan Mei, Valery Larbaud, and Karin Fossum. After him are Walter of Châtillon, Michael Bishop, Dag Solstad, Antigonus of Carystus, Maria Gripe, and Giovanni de' Bardi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Stefan Heym ranks 137. Before him are Charles Berlitz, Amrita Sher-Gil, Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Géza Kalocsay, George Koval, and Véra Clouzot. After him are Eiji Toyoda, Malietoa Tanumafili II, Johann Niemann, Fritz-Julius Lemp, Motoo Tatsuhara, and Elisaveta Bykova. Among people deceased in 2001, Stefan Heym ranks 96. Before him are Mauro Bolognini, Kristina Söderbaum, Mortimer J. Adler, Renato Carosone, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, and Alexey Maresyev. After him are Beate Uhse-Rotermund, Ken Tyrrell, Alexei Tupolev, Isao Inokuma, Sergej Kraigher, and Barend Biesheuvel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Stefan Heym ranks 2,648 out of 7,253. Before him are Regina Jonas (1902), Doro (1964), Carl Ludwig Blume (1796), Otl Aicher (1922), Ursula Kuczynski (1907), and Helmut Gröttrup (1916). After him are Marie Eleonore of Cleves (1550), Georg Franz Hoffmann (1760), Henry Koster (1905), Dirk Nowitzki (1978), Princess Augusta of Prussia (1780), and Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1502).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Stefan Heym ranks 160. Before him are Johann Karl August Musäus (1735), Gottschalk of Orbais (805), Rolf Hochhuth (1931), Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739), Wilhelm Raabe (1831), and Ursula Kuczynski (1907). After him are Heinrich Hoffmann (1809), Heinz G. Konsalik (1921), Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715), Dorothea von Schlegel (1764), George Mosse (1918), and Wilhelm Worringer (1881).

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