WRITER

Stefanie Zweig

1932 - 2014

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Stefanie Zweig (19 September 1932 – 25 April 2014) was a German Jewish writer and journalist. She is best known for her autobiographical novel, Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa) (1995), which was a bestseller in Germany. The novel is based on her early life in Kenya, where her family had fled to escape persecution in Nazi Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stefanie Zweig has received more than 80,240 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Stefanie Zweig is the 3,192nd most popular writer (up from 3,243rd in 2019), the 705th most popular biography from Poland (down from 677th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Polish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 80k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stefanie Zweig ranks 3,192 out of 7,302. Before her are Ozaki Kōyō, Butrus al-Bustani, Vladislav Vančura, Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Ildefonso Falcones, and Naoya Shiga. After her are Sigurd Hoel, Tiziano Terzani, C. S. Forester, Anne Tyler, José Giovanni, and Jiří Dienstbier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Stefanie Zweig ranks 216. Before her are John Glen, Dabney Coleman, Dana Scott, Parry O'Brien, Patsy Cline, and Tony Brooks. After her are Ervin László, Bruno S., Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Robert Anton Wilson, Antti Hyvärinen, and Joanna Chmielewska. Among people deceased in 2014, Stefanie Zweig ranks 166. Before her are Abdelmajid Lakhal, Azlan Shah of Perak, Paul Wild, Emmanuel III Delly, Käbi Laretei, and Jaime Lusinchi. After her are José Policarpo, Michael Sata, Carmelo Simeone, Josep Seguer, Sulejman Tihić, and Marinho Chagas.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Stefanie Zweig ranks 705 out of 1,694. Before her are Walther Wever (1887), Leo Baeck (1873), Stefan Rowecki (1895), Bernhard Goetzke (1884), Hugo von Pohl (1855), and Franciszek Smuglewicz (1745). After her are Czesław Kiszczak (1925), Maria Wirtemberska (1768), Xaver Scharwenka (1850), Jacob Heinrich von Flemming (1667), Helena Modjeska (1840), and Robert Gadocha (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Stefanie Zweig ranks 74. Before her are Maria Dąbrowska (1889), Bronisława Wajs (1908), Uwe Johnson (1934), Yakov Perelman (1882), Ernst Wiechert (1887), and Halina Konopacka (1900). After her are Maria Wirtemberska (1768), Joanna Chmielewska (1932), Anita Lasker-Wallfisch (1925), Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905), Bernhard Grzimek (1909), and Zofia Posmysz (1923).

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