WRITER

Theodor Plievier

1892 - 1955

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Theodor Otto Richard Plievier (Plivier, until 1933) (12 February 1892, Berlin – 12 March 1955, Avegno, Switzerland) was a German writer best known for his 1948 anti-war novel Stalingrad. During World War I, he served on the SMS Wolf. After the war, he released his first novel, Des Kaisers Kulis (The Kaiser's Coolies), about his experiences on board the ship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodor Plievier has received more than 46,756 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Theodor Plievier is the 4,074th most popular writer (down from 3,469th in 2019), the 4,051st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,419th in 2019) and the 245th most popular German Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Theodor Plievier ranks 4,074 out of 7,302. Before him are Hushang Ebtehaj, Oskar Maria Graf, Claude Aveline, Ivo Brešan, Michel Carré, and Vladimir Gilyarovsky. After him are Ameen Rihani, Alphonse de Châteaubriant, Osman Aqçoqraqlı, Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Apollon Maykov, and Hervé Guibert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Theodor Plievier ranks 192. Before him are Lydia Lopokova, Antonio María Barbieri, Hal Roach, Ólafur Thors, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, and Peter Doi. After him are Renée Jeanne Falconetti, Moisei Ginzburg, Bessie Coleman, Arvo Aaltonen, Stanisław Ostrowski, and P. C. Chang. Among people deceased in 1955, Theodor Plievier ranks 107. Before him are Karl Hofer, Guy Ropartz, Emmanuel de Martonne, Jenő Fuchs, Jonni Myyrä, and Robert E. Sherwood. After him are Saadat Hasan Manto, Willi Baumeister, Manny Ayulo, Honus Wagner, Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich, and Bill Vukovich.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Theodor Plievier ranks 4,051 out of 7,253. Before him are Oskar Maria Graf (1894), Alfred Müller-Armack (1901), Franz Blücher (1896), Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch (1714), William II of Berg (1348), and Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796). After him are Erwin Stresemann (1889), Leonhard Kaupisch (1878), Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann (1826), Albert Brülls (1937), Torsten Frings (1976), and Joachim Camerarius (1500).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Theodor Plievier ranks 245. Before him are Emmy Hennings (1885), Wilferd Madelung (1930), Sarah Kirsch (1935), Hans Carossa (1878), Otto Ludwig (1813), and Oskar Maria Graf (1894). After him are James Krüss (1926), Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg (1613), Emanuel Geibel (1815), Johann Georg von Hahn (1811), Lisa Tetzner (1894), and Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680).

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