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Udo Ulfkotte

1960 - 2017

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Udo Konstantin Ulfkotte (20 January 1960 – 13 January 2017) was a German journalist and author who worked for the German main daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) from 1986 until 2003. From the end of the 1990s, he wrote several bestsellers and increasingly advocated right-wing populist, Islamophobic, and conspiracy-theory positions. He said that journalists, including himself, and leading newspapers published material that had been fed to them, or bought, by the CIA and other Western intelligence and propaganda agencies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Udo Ulfkotte is the 6,600th most popular writer, the 5,828th most popular biography from Germany and the 361st most popular German Writer.

Udo Ulfkotte was a German journalist known for his critical views on mainstream media and his advocacy for alternative perspectives on news reporting. He gained notoriety for his book "Gekaufte Journalisten" (Bought Journalists), which alleged that journalists were influenced by government and corporate interests.

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Among writers, Udo Ulfkotte ranks 6,600 out of 7,302. Before him are William Wycherley, Philip G. Epstein, Ornela Vorpsi, Brian Moore, Khosiyat Rustam, and James Lipton. After him are Sabina Berman, Anna Burns, Frederica Sagor Maas, Ann Oakley, Melissa Rosenberg, and Oliver La Farge.

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Among people born in 1960, Udo Ulfkotte ranks 663. Before him are Itsunori Onodera, Deb Haaland, Ivailo Marinov, Volker Beck, Håkan Ericson, and Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl. After him are Robbert Dijkgraaf, Andrea Mandorlini, Masahiko Nishimura, Vladimir Kim, Philippe Sands, and Masaaki Kanno. Among people deceased in 2017, Udo Ulfkotte ranks 601. Before him are Valery Asapov, Peter Doohan, Carme Chacón, Warrel Dane, Darrall Imhoff, and Rosemary Leach. After him are Frank Brian, Frank Spellman, Benjamin Whitrow, Tino Insana, Ernie Pieterse, and Kaci Kullmann Five.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Udo Ulfkotte ranks 5,831 out of 7,253. Before him are Bernd Dreher (1966), Michael Rich (1969), Volker Beck (1960), Rudi Fink (1958), Gerhard Thiele (1953), and Harald Schmid (1957). After him are Shawn Bradley (1972), Ron-Robert Zieler (1989), Ellen Fiedler (1958), Monika Pflug (1954), Kevin Volland (1992), and Alexander Zickler (1974).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Udo Ulfkotte ranks 361. Before him are Albrecht Behmel (1971), Andreas Eschbach (1959), Sebastian Fitzek (1971), Peter Wohlleben (1964), Kathrin Schmidt (1958), and Graciano Rocchigiani (1963). After him are Nele Neuhaus (1967), Ralf Rothmann (1953), Denis Johnson (1949), Sybille Bedford (1911), Sibylle Lewitscharoff (1954), and Ingo Schulze (1962).

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