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 78,973 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Stefanie Zweig is the 3,191st 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

  • 79k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Doch die Träume blieben in Afrika
1998
Wiedersehen mit Afrika
2002
Katze fürs Leben
1999
Irgendwo in Deutschland
1996
Karibu heißt willkommen. Roman aus Afrika
2000
Nirgendwo in Afrika
1995
Nirgendwo in Afrika
Fiction, German Jews, History
1995
Irgendwo in Deutschland
Fiction, Jews, Rechtsanwalt
1996
Doch die Träume blieben in Afrika
Fiction, Belletristische Darstellung, Ehemann
1998
En un lugar de África
2004
Der Traum vom Paradies
Kinderarzt, Christin, Studentin
1999
Karibu heißt willkommen. Roman aus Afrika
Familie, Landwirtschaftlicher Betrieb, Briten
2000

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Stefanie Zweig ranks 3,191 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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