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Sybille Bedford

1911 - 2006

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Sybille Bedford, OBE (16 March 1911 – 17 February 2006) was a German-born English writer of non-fiction and semi-autobiographical fiction books. She was a recipient of the Golden PEN Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Sybille Bedford is the 6,654th most popular writer (down from 6,290th in 2024), the 5,878th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,601st in 2019) and the 365th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sybille Bedford ranks 6,654 out of 7,302. Before her are Hajime Kanzaka, Wolf Haas, Horton Foote, Phyllis A. Whitney, Maja Haderlap, and James Truslow Adams. After her are Richelle Mead, Nat Hentoff, Stanley Middleton, Lionel Shriver, Sibylle Lewitscharoff, and Conn Iggulden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Sybille Bedford ranks 394. Before her are Anthony Boucher, Fe del Mundo, Mitch Miller, Harry Golombek, Jean Muir, and Amelia Boynton Robinson. After her are Joseph Pevney, Zubeida, Maribel Vinson, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Martin Gabel, and Vaughn Monroe. Among people deceased in 2006, Sybille Bedford ranks 393. Before her are Valentín Elizalde, Gennadiy Tsygankov, Luki Botha, Marian Marsh, Stanley Kunitz, and Brian Labone. After her are Irving Kaplansky, Tamara Dobson, Sandy West, Nandini Satpathy, Esther Victoria Abraham, and J Dilla.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sybille Bedford ranks 5,881 out of 7,253. Before her are Natalia Wörner (1967), Gerhard Weinberg (1928), Denis Johnson (1949), Petra Rossner (1966), Martin Sonneborn (1965), and Barbara Mensing (1960). After her are Sibylle Lewitscharoff (1954), Ernst Loof (1907), Isabelle Faust (1972), Thomas von Heesen (1961), Michael Preetz (1967), and Sigrun Wodars (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Sybille Bedford ranks 365. Before her are Kathrin Schmidt (1958), Graciano Rocchigiani (1963), Udo Ulfkotte (1960), Nele Neuhaus (1967), Ralf Rothmann (1953), and Denis Johnson (1949). After her are Sibylle Lewitscharoff (1954), Ingo Schulze (1962), Wolf Blitzer (1948), Thomas Brussig (1964), Judith Hermann (1970), and Durs Grünbein (1962).

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